Dr. Natasha Bailen, the founder and owner of Boston Anxiety and OCD, is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in evidence-based treatments for OCD, anxiety, and related disorders. Outside of her work at BAO, she treats patients in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD) at Massachusetts General Hospital and is a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. She is also a member of the MGH/Harvard Center for Digital Mental Health.
Dr. Bailen received her PhD in clinical psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, and completed her clinical internship at University of Chicago Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral training at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD). Over the course of her career, she has treated patients across a wide range of settings, including a specialized intensive outpatient program for OCD; a perinatal mental health program at a major medical hospital; and a no-cost clinic for uninsured low-income patients seeking medical care.
Throughout her career, Dr. Bailen has also been actively involved in research, training, and supervision. She has authored and co-authored numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles, and has presented her work at conferences across the country.
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Bernstein, E. E., Jaroszewski, A. C., Jacoby, R. J., Bailen, N. H., Ragan, J., Usmani, A., Wilhelm, S. (2025). Feasibility of using ChatGPT to generate exposure hierarchies for treating obsessive compulsive disorder. Behavior Therapy, 56(4), 680-688.
Jaroszewski, A., Bailen, N., Ipek. S. I., Greenberg, J. L., Hoeppner, S. S., Weingarden, H., Snorrason, I., & Wilhelm, S. (2025). Examining the prevalence and incidence of suicidal thoughts and behavior in a smartphone-delivered treatment trial for Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Mental Health, 12(1), e63605.
Bailen, N. H., Miyares, P. E., & Greenberg, J. L. (2024). Body Dysmorphic Disorder by Proxy. In Optimizing Evidence-Based Treatment for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (pp. 179-195). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Bailen, N. H., & Thompson, R. J. (2023). Emotional regulation. In D. Dozois & K. Dobson (Eds), Treatment of Psychosocial Risk Factors in Depression. American Psychological Association.
Bailen, N. H., Koval, P., Strube, M., Holland, E. Haslam, N., & Thompson, R. J. (2022). Negative emotion and non-acceptance of emotion in daily life. Emotion, 22(5), 992–1003.
Kalokerinos, E., … Bailen, N. H., … & Bastian, B. (2022). Neuroticism may not reflect emotional variability: Associations between neuroticism and negative emotional variability are confounded with mean levels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 117(17), 9270–9276.
Thompson, R. J., Bailen, N. H., & English, T. E. (2021). Everyday emotional experiences in current and remitted major depressive disorder: An experience sampling study. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(5), 866–878.
Bailen, N. H., Green, L. M., & Thompson, R. J. (2019). Understanding emotion in adolescents: A review of emotional frequency, intensity, instability, and clarity. Emotion Review, 11(1), 63-73.
Koval, P., Holland, E., Zyphur, M. J., Stratemeyer, M., Knight, J. M., Bailen, N. H., … & Haslam, N. (2019). How does it feel to be treated like an object? Direct and indirect effects of exposure to sexual objectification on women’s emotions in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(6), 885.
Bailen, N. H., Wu, H., & Thompson, R. J. (2019). Meta-emotions in daily life: Associations with emotional awareness and depression. Emotion, 9(5), 776–787.
Fuchs, C., Haradhvala, N., Hubley, S., Weisberg, R., & Uebelacker, L. (2016). Implementation of an acceptance- and mindfulness-based group for depression and anxiety in primary care. Family Systems & Health, 34(4), 386.
Armey, M. F., Schatten, H. T., Haradhvala, N., & Miller, I. W. (2015). Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of depression-related phenomena. Current Opinion in Psychology, 4, 21-25.
Fuchs, C., Haradhvala, N., Hubley, S., Nash, J. M., Keller, M. B., Ashley, D., Weisberg, R. B. & Uebelacker, L. A. (2015). Physician actions following a positive PHQ-2: Implications for the implementation of depression screening in family medicine practice. Family Systems & Health, 33(1), 18.
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