Jami Socha, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr. Socha is a licensed clinical psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and related disorders. Dr. Socha has extensive training and experience providing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP), and is particularly passionate about working with youth and families.  Dr. Socha also enjoys teaching and supervising trainees through the Child OCD and Anxiety Disorders Program.

Areas of Interest

  • Anxiety
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 
  • OCD and tic-disorder comorbidity
  • Cognitve-behavioral interventions for anxious youth
  • Parent-based interventions for child anxiety
  • Executive functioning and attention regulation in anxious youth

Credentials

  • University of Michigan, Postdoctoral fellowship
  • Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
  • Michigan State University, B.A.