Credentials and Experience
Education and training
PhD, Developmental Psychology, Florida International University, 2010
MS, Mental Health Counseling, Florida International University, 2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, Florida International University, 2010 to 2012
Licensure
Licensed Psychologist, Connecticut, License #003842
PSYPACT Authorization to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT), 2026, Mobility Number 26212. This lets me provide telehealth to clients who are physically located in PSYPACT participating states.
Academic appointments
Assistant Clinical Professor (voluntary faculty), Yale Child Study Center, since 2025
Faculty, The REACH Institute, since January 2023
Assistant Professor, Yale Child Study Center, 2022 to 2025
Associate Research Scientist, Yale Child Study Center, 2012 to 2022
My private practice is independent of Yale University.
Professional memberships
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
Selected publications
Marin, C. E., Anderson, T., Lebowitz, E. R., & Silverman, W. K. (2019). Parental predictors of school attendance difficulties in children referred to an anxiety disorders clinic. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 12(1), 31–46.
Silverman, W. K., Marin, C. E., Rey, Y., Kurtines, W. M., Jaccard, J., & Pettit, J. W. (2019). Group- versus parent-involvement CBT for childhood anxiety disorders: Treatment specificity and long-term recovery mediation. Clinical Psychological Science, 7(4), 840–855.
Lebowitz, E. R., Marin, C., Martino, A., Shimshoni, Y., & Silverman, W. K. (2020). Parent-based treatment as efficacious as cognitive behavioral therapy for childhood anxiety: A randomized noninferiority study of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(3), 362–372.
Silverman, W. K., Marin, C. E., Rey, Y., Jaccard, J., & Pettit, J. W. (2021). Directional effects of parent and child anxiety one year following treatment of child anxiety, and the mediational role of parent psychological control. Depression and Anxiety, 38(12), 1289–1297.
Silverman, W. K., Rey, Y., Marin, C. E., Jaccard, J., & Pettit, J. W. (2022). Does training parents in reinforcement skills or relationship skills enhance individual youths' cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety? Outcome, specificity, and mediation. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(2), 355–373.
Patriarca, G. C., Rey, Y., Marin, C. E., Yeguez, C. E., Pettit, J. W., & Silverman, W. K. (2022). Parent involvement enhances CBTs for anxiety disorders in Hispanic/Latino youth: Acculturation as a moderator. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90(10), 827–836.