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Ellen I. Koch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Training
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Anxiety Disorders, University of Michigan Health System, 2001-2003
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Western Michigan University, 2001
M.A., Clinical Psychology, Western Michigan University, 1998
B.A., Western Michigan University, 1992
537D Mark Jefferson Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734.487.0189
ellen.koch@emich.edu
(734) 487-6553 FAX
Biography:
Dr. Koch earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Western Michigan University in 2001. Her dissertation project compared behavioral and cognitive-behavioral one-session exposure treatments for small animal phobias (Koch, Spates, & Himle, 2004). Dr. Koch completed her predoctoral internship at the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System in Biloxi, MS including the following rotations: inpatient psychiatry, PTSD clinic, Women's clinic, research, administration, Primary care, ER triage, long-term therapy, and neuropsychological assessment. Prior to joining the faculty at EMU, she completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan Health Systems specializing in behavioral and cognitive-behavioral treatment for adult anxiety disorders. Additionally, she received advanced training in behavioral medicine and PTSD treatment for veterans. During her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Koch initiated a treatment outcome study for Acute Stress Disorder to prevent the development of PTSD. Dr. Koch is a fully licensed Clinical Psychologist in Michigan. Her current research interests include exposure treatment for PTSD as well as other anxiety disorders, behavior therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy for adult anxiety disorders, treatment outcome research, secondary prevention of PTSD, and one-session exposure treatment for small animal phobias. Along with her doctoral students, Dr. Koch currently has projects examining two forms of exposure treatment for PTSD, help seeking among veterans, assessment of PTSD cross-culturally, memory bias and anxiety, relationship between anxiety sensitivity and various psychological conditions, and the interaction of sexual health concerns and anxiety disorders. Additionally, she is the advisor for an undergraduate honors thesis project. Dr. Koch provides clinical supervision for doctoral students at the EMU Psychology Clinic. She also teaches undergraduate courses in Abnormal Psychology (PSY 360) and graduate courses in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders and the Doctoral Seminar I.
Courses:
PSY 360 Abnormal Psychology
Clinical Supervision
PSY 681 Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
PSY 881 Doctoral Seminar I
 
Recent Publications:
Spates, C. R., Koch, E. I., Cusack, K., Pagoto, S., & Waller, S. (2009). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for adults, children and adolescents. In E. B. Foa, T. M. Keane, M. J. Friedman, & J. Cohen (Eds.). Effective Treatments for PTSD: Practice guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

Lauterbach, D., Koch, E. I., & Porter, K. (2007). The effect of childhood support on later emergence of PTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Koch, E. I., Gloster, A. T., & Waller, S. A. (2007). Exposure treatments for panic disorder with and without agoraphobia. In D. C. S. Richard & D. Lauterbach (Eds.). Comprehensive Handbook of the Exposure Therapies. Academic Press.

Porter, K., Porcari, C., Koch, E. I., Fons, C., & Spates, C. R. (2006). In vivo exposure treatment for agoraphobia. the Behavior Analyst Today, 7, 434-441.

Koch, E. I., Spates, C. R., & Himle, J. A. (2004). Comparison of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral one-session exposure treatments for small animal phobias. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42 (12), 1483-1504.

Spates, C. R. & Koch, E. I. (2003). From Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to Exposure Therapy: A review of the evidence for shared mechanisms. Japanese Journal for Applied Behavior Analysis, 18 (2), 62-76.
Research Interests:
Exposure treatment for PTSD as well as other anxiety disorders, behavior therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy for adult anxiety disorders, treatment outcome research, secondary prevention of PTSD, and one-session exposure treatment for small animal phobias.