Molly A.  Benson , PhD
Assistant in Psychology
Office Phone: 617-355-0490
Appointment Line: 617-355-0490
Fax: 617-730-0319
NPI: 1174694608

Departments/Divisions

Services/Programs

Psychosocial Treatment Clinic

Academic Appointments

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Expanded Biography

Dr. Benson works in the outpatient psychiatry service where she provides supervision through the Psychosocial Treatment Program, General Outpatient Team, and Behavioral Medicine Team. Dr. Benson specializes in outpatient treatment for a broad range of presentations including anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and behavioral disorders. Her expertise includes cognitive behavioral treatment. Dr. Benson also has expertise in childhood trauma, with a special interest in the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents who are refugees or seeking asylum in the US. Dr. Benson also serves as a staff psychologist for the Childrens Hospital Center for Refugee Trauma & Resilience.

College

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY  (1996)

Graduate School

Clinical Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT  (2003)

Internship

Psychology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (2002-2003)

Fellowship

Child Clinical Psychology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA  (2003-2004)

Professional Organizations

American Psychological Association , 1998-present
International Society of Cross-Cultural Psychology , 1998-2007
International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies , 2002-2008
Division 53, Society of Clinical and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association , 2004-present
Massachusetts Psychological Association , 2005-2006
APA Task Force on the Psychosocial Effects of War on Children and Families Who Are Refugees From Armed Conflict Residing in the United States , 2008-present

Publications

Ellis, B.H., Lincoln, A.K., Charney, M.E., Ford-Paz, R., Benson, M. A., & Strunin, L.
Mental health service utilization of Somali adolescents: Religion, community, and school as gateways to healing , 2010
Transcultural Psychiatry
Wadsworth, M.E., Reickmann-James, T., Benson, M.A., & Compas, B.E.
Coping and responses to stress in Navajo adolescents: Psychometric properties of the Responses to Stress Questionnaire , 2004
Journal of Community Psychology  Issue: 32(4) , Page: 391-411
Jaser, S.S., Langrock, A. M., Keller, G., Merchant, M.J., Benson, M.A., Reeslund, K., Champion, J.E., & Compas. B.E.
Coping with the stress of parental depression II: Adolescent and parent reports of coping and adjustment , 2005
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology  Issue: 34(1) , Page: 193-205
Jaser, S. S., Champion, J.E., Reeslund, K. L., Keller, G., Merchant, M. J., Benson, M., Compas, B.E.
Cross-situational coping with peer and family stressors in adolescent offspring of depressed parents. , 2007
Journal of Adolescence  Issue: 30(6) , Page: 917-932
Compas, B.E., Benson, M., Boyer, M., Hicks, T.V., Konik. B.; M. Rutter & E. Taylor (Eds.)
Problem-Solving and Problem-Solving Therapies. , 2001
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 4th Edition
Blackwell Science: Oxford, UK.
Compas, B.E., Jaser, S.S., & Benson, M.A.; S. Nolen-Hoeksema & L.M. Hilt (Eds.)
Coping and emotion regulation: Implications for understanding depression during adolescence. , 2009
Handbook of depression in adolescents , Page: 419-440
New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
2008- present Modifiable Protective Processes in the Mental Health of Refugee Children, Study 1

2007- present Childrens Hospital Center for Refugee Trauma and Resilience, Treatment and Services Adaptation Center, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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    300 Longwood Avenue
    Boston, MA  02115
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    Fax: 617-730-0319
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