Faculty: Marie Forgeard, PhD

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Marie Forgeard, PhD

Associate Professor, Clinical Psychology Department

Email
marie_​forgeard@williamjames.edu
Phone
617-327-6777 x1012
Location
314O
Pronouns
she/her
Degree Institution Year
PhD University of Pennsylvania 2015
MA University of Pennsylvania 2009
Combined Undergraduate/Master's Degree Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris 2005

Courses

  • CS706/707 - Clinical Practice

Research and Practice Interests

  • Personality, character strengths, and mental health
  • Growth following adversity
  • Treatment outcomes in naturalistic settings
  • Applications of these topics across cultural contexts

Professional Licenses and Certifications

  • MA Licensed Psychologist
  • ME Licensed Psychologist

Publications and Presentations

(See Google Scholar Profile for Dr. Forgeard for more information)

  • Forgeard, M. (2024). Prosocial motivation and creativity in the arts and sciences: Qualitative and quantitative evidence. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 18, 222-244.
  • Forgeard, M., Roepke, A. M., Atlas, S., Bayer-Pacht, E., Björgvinsson, T., & Silvia, P. J. (2022). Openness to experience is stable following adversity: A case-control longitudinal investigation. European Journal of Personality, 36, 483-506.
  • Forgeard, M., Silverman, A., Buchholz, J., Beard, C., & Björgvinsson, T. (2021). Changes in self-efficacy and mindfulness are associated with short-term improvements in mood during art-making in a partial hospital program. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 74, 101799.
  • Forgeard, M., Beard, C., Shayani, D., Silverman, A. L., Tsukayama, E., & Björgvinsson, T. (2021). Predictors of affect following discharge from partial hospitalization: A two-week ecological momentary assessment study. Psychological Medicine, 51, 1157-1165.
  • Winer, J. P., Forgeard, M., Cardeli, E., Issa, O., & Ellis, B. H. (2020). Factor structure and concurrent validity of the Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) in a sample of Somali immigrants living in North America. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90, 787-798.
  • Forgeard, M., Herzhoff, K., Jayawickreme, E., Tsukayama, E., Beard, C., and Björgvinsson, T. (in press). Changes in daily manifestations of openness to experience during intensive cognitive‐behavioral treatment. Journal of Personality.
  • Winer, J. P., Wadsworth, L. P., Forgeard, M., Pinder-Amaker, S., Björgvinsson, T., and Beard, C. (2018). Development and implementation of a single-session diversity and multicultural psychology group intervention within an academic psychiatric hospital. The Behavior Therapist, 41, 327-334.
  • Forgeard, M., Beard, C., Kirakosian, N., and Björgvinsson, T. (2018). Research in partial hospital settings. In R. T. Codd (Ed.), Practice-based research: A guide for clinicians (Chapter 12). New York: Routledge.
  • Roepke, A. M., Tsukayama, E., Forgeard, M., Blackie, L., and Jayawickreme, E. (2018). Randomized controlled trial of SecondStory, an intervention targeting posttraumatic growth, with bereaved adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86, 518-532.
  • Forgeard, M. J. C., Pearl, R., Cheung, J., Rifkin, L., Beard, C., and Björgvinsson, T. (2016). Positive beliefs about mental illness: Associations with sex, age, diagnosis, and treatment outcomes. Journal of Affective Disorders, 204, 197-204.
  • Forgeard, M. J. C., and Kaufman, J. C. (2016). Who cares about imagination, creativity, and innovation, and why? A review. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 10, 250-269.
  • Forgeard, M. J. C. (2013). Perceiving benefits after adversity: The relationship between self-reported posttraumatic growth and creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 7, 245-264.

Prior Experience

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School (2015-2017)
  • Predoctoral Intern, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School (2014-2015)