Specialties
Adults
Psychosocial and Behavioral Medicine
Anxiety Disorders, Behavioral Disorders, Depression, Psychosocial Issues Relating to Chronic Disease, Psychotherapy
Research
Couples Therapy, Smoking Cessation
Teaching & Professional Positions
Teaching Psychopathology, University of Colorado, Boulder
Professional Memberships/Societies
American Psychological Association
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
Research Society on Alcoholism
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Clinical Interests
Couples and Family Treatment, Smoking Cessation, Behavioral Health, Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment, Depression/Suicidality, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders
Dr. LaChance is interested assisting people with depression, anxiety and psychological distress associated with chronic illness. Dr. LaChance enjoys working with a variety of individuals applying new treatment approaches designed to improve physical, emotional, and psychological well-being.
American Psychological Association
Dr. LaChance is interested in researching innovative advancements in psychosocial treatment. Examples include: couples-based treatment for smoking cessation, family-based motivational intervention, integrated treatment approaches for substance abusing and self-injurious adolescents, and social support involvement to improve medication compliance and treatment outcome.
Current Research Projects:
“Behavioral Couples Treatment for Smoking Cessation” (PI: LaChance)
“Smoking Cessation for Heavy Drinkers.” (PI: Kahler)
“Olanzapine and Motivational Intervention for Heavy Drinkers.” (PI: Hutchison)
Previous Research Projects:
“Group-Delivered Motivational Intervention for College Student Heavy Drinkers.” (PI: LaChance)
“Motivational Intervention in the ER.” (PI: Monti)
Brown University Research Excellence Award.
National Training Research Award by NIAAA
National Independent Research Scholar Award by NIAAA
Sigma XI Scientific Research Society Award for Dissertation
Dean’s Fund for Excellence Award, University of Colorado/Boulder
Esposito-Smythers, Spirito, Uth, & LaChance (in press). Cognitive behavioral treatment for suicidal alcohol abusing adolescents: development and pilot testing. American Journal of Addictions.
Hutchison, K. E., LaChance, H., Niaura, R., Bryan, A., & Smolen A. (2002). The DRD4 VNTR polymorphism influences reactivity to smoking cues. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(1), 134-143.
