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Training & Experience
An Overview of Dr. Kehle-Forbes's Credentials
Dr. Kehle-Forbes is a licensed clinical psychologist with nationally-recognized expertise in the treatment of PTSD using talk therapy, including Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE). She has been using PE in clinical practice and research to treat clients with PTSD for over 15 years. Dr. Kehle-Forbes is certified as a PE Therapist and PE Consultant by the Center for the Treatment & Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania. She has experience treating adults with PTSD resulting from a range of trauma types including sexual and physical assault, combat, accidents, medical trauma, and childhood abuse.
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Kehle-Forbes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and a Research Psychologist with the Department of Veterans Affairs. She has published over 65 peer-reviewed papers and has received numerous federal grants to study the treatment of PTSD.​
Education
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Accredited by the American Psychological Association
Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship
Minneapolis VA Healthcare System
Accredited by the American Psychological Association
Master of Science (M.S.), Clinical Psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology & Sociology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
License & Certifications
Licensed Psychologist (#LP5123)
State of Minnesota
Certified Prolonged Exposure Therapist
Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania
Certified Prolonged Exposure Consultant
Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania
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Professional Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Research Psychologist
National Center for PTSD
Department of Veterans Affairs
Core Research Investigator
Center for Care Delivery & Outcomes Research
Minneapolis VA Healthcare System
Select Publications
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Valenstein-Mah H, Polusny MA, Spoont M, Ackland P, Meis LA, Orazem RJ, Schnurr PP, Zickmund S, Chard K, & Kehle-Forbes SM. 2022. Provider perceptions of their patients’ dropout from trauma focused therapy for PTSD in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy. Advance Online Publication.
Kehle-Forbes SM, et al. 2022. Divergent experiences of U.S. veterans who did and did not complete trauma-focused therapies for PTSD: A national qualitative study of treatment dropout. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 154: 104123.
Kehle-Forbes SM, Gerould H, Polusny MA, Sayer NA, Partin MR. 2022. “It leaves me very skeptical.” Messaging in marketing Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy to veterans with PTSD. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy, 14(5): 849-852.
Kehle-Forbes SM, et al. 2019. A randomized controlled trial evaluating integrated versus phased application of evidence-based psychotherapies for military veterans with comorbid PTSD and substance use disorders. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 205: 107647.
Kehle-Forbes SM, Meis LA, Spoont MR, Polusny MA. 2016. Treatment initiation and dropout from prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy in a VA outpatient clinic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice & Policy 8(1):107-114.
Kehle-Forbes SM, Polusny MA, Erbes CR, Gerould H. 2014. Acceptability of prolonged exposure therapy among US Iraq War veterans with PTSD symptomology. Journal of Traumatic Stress 27(4):483-7.
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See all of Dr. Kehle-Forbes's publications on Google Scholar.