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Edna Foa

Edna B. Foa, PhD is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. Dr. Foa has devoted her academic career to the study of the psychopathology and treatment of anxiety disorders, primarily obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), […]

Edna B. Foa, PhD is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. Dr. Foa has devoted her academic career to the study of the psychopathology and treatment of anxiety disorders, primarily obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and social phobia and is currently one of the world leading experts in these areas. She is the author of Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work), Effective Treatments for PTSD: Practice Guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 2nd Edition, and Mastery of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Therapist Guide (Treatments That Work), among many others.