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Anne Marie Albano, PhD, is a professor of medical psychology, a licensed clinical psychologist, and board-certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology. She serves as Director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CUCARD) at 3 Columbus Circle, where she oversees clinical services, conducts research, and trains residents, fellows, and psychology postdoctoral fellows and interns. CUCARD provides treatment for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults, offering specialized programs such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for young children (ages 3-8) and the "Launching Emerging Adults Program" (LEAP) for individuals ages 18-28. The clinic employs a developmentally sensitive approach to care, utilizing individual, group, and family-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), along with psychiatric consultation and medication management. Dr. Albano is editor of the journal Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and a past president of both the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA). She is a Fellow of APA’s Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), a Fellow of ABCT, and a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. In 2015, she was honored with the "Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Clinical Activities" award from ABCT. Dr. Albano has dedicated her career to the study and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. She is recognized as an expert diagnostician and cognitive behavioral therapist. Her contributions to the field include co-developing a cognitive behavioral treatment program for adolescents with social phobia and co-authoring treatment manuals for school refusal behavior and adolescent depression. She also co-authored the widely used Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children (ADIS-C). Her book for parents, "You and Your Anxious Child: Free Your Child from Fears and Worries and Create a Joyful Family Life" (Avery/Penguin Press, 2013), offers guidance for parents of anxious children. Dr. Albano has authored or co-authored over 90 scholarly articles and book chapters. She conducts clinical research, supervises the research and clinical development of interns and postdoctoral fellows in psychology and psychiatry, and provides advanced training in CBT to senior clinicians. Her work continues to shape the fields of child, adolescent, and young adult mental health care.