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Dr. Cary Jordan

Dr. Jordan is a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at the USF Rothman Center for Neuropsychiatry. He received his PhD from the University of Florida in 2011. Dr. Jordan's clinical and research activities focus on obsessive-compulsive spectrum and anxiety disorders. Current research interests focus on identifying barriers to accessing efficacious anxiety and OCD treatment and improving treatment outcomes for both children and adults.

Clinically, Dr. Jordan specializes in OCD, anxiety, tic, and trichotillomania disorders. Dr. Jordan sees both pediatric and adult patients for cognitive-behavioral treatment of OCD, anxiety and habit reversal therapy for tic spectrum disorders.

Education and Training

  • B.A. - University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL; Psychology, 2005
  • M.Ed. - University of Florida; School Psychology, 2007
  • Ph.D. - University of Florida; School Psychology, 2011
  • Residency - Children's Hospital of Michigan, Clinical Psychology, 2010-2011

Scholarly Activity and Interests

  • Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (including OCD, Tourettes Syndrome & tic disorders, and trichotillomania)
  • Anxiety disorders (Social & Specific Phobia, PTSD, Generalized, & Panic Disorders)
  • Treatment access barriers
  • Identifying predictor(s) of improving treatment outcomes for adults and children.

Selected Publications

  • Sulkowski, M.L., Mancil, T.L., Jordan, C., Chakoff, E., Reid, A. & Storch, E.A. (in press). Validation of a classification system of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder symptoms in a non-clinical sample. Psychiatry Research.
  • Sulkowski, M.L., Mariaskin, A.R., Jordan, C. & Storch, E.A. (in press). Obsessive-compulsive disorder and the obsessive-compulsive disorder spectrum: A review of research. In G. H. Lassiter (Ed.), Impulsivity: Causes, control and disorders. (pp. 31-58). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.
  • Pence, S., Sulkowski, M.L., Jordan, C. & Storch, E.A. (2010). When exposures go wrong: Trouble-shooting guidelines for managing difficult scenarios that arise in exposure-based treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 64, 39-53.
  • Jordan, L.M., Jordan, C., Sulkowski, M.L., Reid, A. & Storch, E.A. (2009). Hairstylists experience with chronic hair pulling. Psychology, Health & Medicine. 14, 680-688.
  • Sulkowski, M.L., Jordan, C. & Nguyen, M. (2009). Current practices and future directions in psychopharmacological training and collaboration in school psychology. Journal of Canadian Psychology. 24, 237-244.
  • Sulkowski, M.L., Jordan, C., Reid, A., Graziano, P.A., Shaley, L. & Storch, E.A. (2009). Relations between Impulsivity, Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in a Non-clinical Sample. Personality and Individual Differences. 47, 620-625.
  • Storch, E.A., McNamara, J., Jordan, C., Marien, W.E., Jacob, M.L., Murphy, T.K., et al. (2008). Associations between miscellaneous symptoms and symptom dimensions in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Anxiety, Stress & Coping. 21, 199-212.