Evan M. Forman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Clinical Training
Evan Forman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist specializing in the evaluation of psychotherapy outcome, mediators of psychotherapy outcome, cognitive-behavior therapy, acceptance-based therapy, mood and anxiety disorders, and suicidality. His undergraduate work was conducted at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and the University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland. After he achieved his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Rochester in 1999, he completed clinical internships and fellowships at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Pennsylvania with specialties in cognitive-behavioral therapy, trauma-related disorders and assessment, treatment and prevention of suicidality. He has also functioned as a clinical associate at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research in Bala Cynwyd, PA.
Currently Dr. Forman serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology as well as the Associate Director of Drexel University's Student Counseling Center (Hahnemann Campus). He teaches both undergraduate and graduate psychology courses including Principles of Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Theories, and Theories and Practice of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Forman also runs the Clinical Practicum Seminar and serves as the Coordinator of Practicum Training for Clinical Psychology Program. In addition, he supervises graduate student therapist trainees at the Student Counseling Center.
Dr. Forman's research interests include acceptance-based psychotherapies, cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychotherapy outcome, mediating mechanisms of psychotherapy effect, prevention of psychopathology, suicidality, and PTSD. One of his current research projects involves an evaluation of an acceptance-based behavior intervention for obesity. In addition, he is conducting a randomized controlled trial comparing traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy with an acceptance-based therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. In collaboration with Dr. James Herbert, he also is evaluating an acceptance-based behavior therapy for social anxiety.