Department of Psychology

Dr. Holmes will be accepting a doctoral student for the Fall of 2025.

For information on the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.), visit clinicalpsychpsyd.appstate.edu

Priority review date for admission is December 1st. Applications that are not complete by the priority date risk denial of admission; however, if seats remain for the invitation only on-campus interviews in February, applications not complete by December 1st will be considered.

Education

Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship, 2018-2019, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Ph.D., 2019, Clinical Psychology, Wayne State University

M.A., 2016, Clinical Psychology, Wayne State University

B.A., 2013, Psychology, Cedarville University

Research Interests

Health psychology, women's health, human sexuality, emotion-focused interventions for chronic pain    

Selected Publications

Krohner, S., Holmes, H. J., Yamin, J. B., & Lumley, M. A. (2023). Religion, stress, and psychological health in Arab American Women. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 15, 68-78.

Abbass, A., Lumley, M. A., Town, J., Holmes, H. J., Luyten, P., Cooper, A., Russell, L., Schubiner, H., De Meulemeester, C., & Kisely, S. (2021). Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for functional somatic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of within-treatment effects. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 145, Article 110473.

Yamin, J. B., Holmes, H. J., Krohner, S., & Lumley, M. A. (2021). Arab American women’s health following sexual victimization: The moderating effects of bicultural harmony and social constraints. Psychology of Violence, 11, 455-464.

Holmes, H. J., Sala-Hamrick, K. J., Pegram, S. E., Evans, E. K., Wilton-Martindale, J., & Lumley, M. A. (2021). Rape Aggression Defense course: Physical, psychological, and interpersonal benefits among women with and without interpersonal victimization histories. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(19-20), NP10411-NP-10432.

Holmes, H. J., Yamin, J. B., Krohner, S., Rapport, L. J., Grekin, E. R., Schubiner, H., & Lumley, M. A. (2021). Effects of a sexual health interview among Arab American women: An experimental disclosure study. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 373-384.

Abbass, A., Town, J., Holmes, H. J., Luyten, P., Cooper, A., Russell, L., Lumley, M.A., Schubiner, H., Allinson, J., Bernier, D., De Meulemeester, C., Kroenke, K., & Kisely, S. (2020). Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for functional somatic disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 89, 363-370.

Carty, J. N., Ziadni, M. S., Holmes, H. J., Tomakowsky, J., Peters, K., Schubiner, H., & Lumley, M. A. (2019). The effects of a life-stress emotional awareness and expression interview for women with chronic urogenital pain: A randomized controlled trial. Pain Medicine, 20, 1321-1329.

Holmes, H. J., Thakur, E. R., Lumley, M. A., Carty, J. N., Ziadni, M. S., Doherty, H. K., Lockhart, N. A., & Schubiner, H. (2018). Ambivalence over emotional expression and perceived social constraints as moderators of relaxation training and emotional awareness and expression training for irritable bowel syndrome. General Hospital Psychiatry, 53, 38-43.

Thakur, E. R., Holmes, H. J., Lockhart, N. A., Carty, J. N., Ziadni, M. S., Doherty, H. K., Lackner, J. M., Schubiner, H., & Lumley, M. A. (2017). Emotional awareness and expression training improves irritable bowel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 29, e13143.

Welker, K. M., Baker, L., Padilla, A., Holmes, H., Aron, A. P., & Slatcher, R. B. (2014). Effects of self-disclosure and responsiveness between couples on passionate love within couples. Personal Relationships, 21, 692-708.

Teaching

PSY 5721, Personality Assessment Pre-Practicum

PSY 5701, Personality Assessment

PSY 3653, Health Psychology

PSY 3512, Honors Human Sexuality

PSY 3533, Human Sexuality

PSY 3212, Psychopathology

PSY 2212, Abnormal Psychology