About Dr. Blaney
Background
Dr. Cerissa Blaney received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rhode Island with a focus in Health Psychology. She completed an APA-accredited Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University with a focus in Behavioral Medicine and Primary Care.
Following fellowship, Dr. Blaney worked at the University of Central Florida where she was a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychology in the Clinical Psychology PhD program. She also had a joint appointment in the College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine. She was the Director of Behavioral Health at UCF Health.
Recently, she returned to RI to live closer to her parents and continue to raise her family. She is involved in a teaching role with an appointment as a Clinical Instructor through the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior through Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
She is very interested in the integration of behavioral health into medical settings and streamlining behavioral health care models into routine medical care. In addition to her individual and group treatments she is passionate on enhancing the inter-professional development and training of medical and behavioral health providers for integrated care. With this effort, she is invested in her leadership roles on multiple national committees aimed at improving models of care for behavioral health needs.
Treatment
Dr. Blaney’s clinical and academic pursuits have had a strong focus on motivation, health promotion, health behavior change and chronic disease prevention and management. She has a collaborative approach to care designed to help clients be able to live the life they are seeking with a focus on adding meaning and value. She uses science supported treatments including CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to help clients meet their goals and make the changes they are seeking. She focuses on clients strengths and helps build skills for shifting and adapting unhelpful/negative thinking and behavioral patterns. She focuses on what the clients can do to work in the present to enhance their confidence, skills and quality of life.
Education
Post Graduate
Postdoctoral Residency - Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Clinical Psychology -Fellow in Primary Care / Behavioral Medicine
Graduate
Predoctoral Internship - Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Medicine track
Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology
University of Rhode Island - Clinical Health Psychology Focus
Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology
University of Rhode Island
Undergraduate
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology; Minor: Sociology
Wagner College
Certification & Licensure
October 21, 2015 - Current Florida State Licensing Board (PY 9421) Licensed Psychologist
June, 2015 – Current Rhode Island State Licensing Board (PS01518) Licensed Psychologist
Recent Press
Society for Health Psychology’s Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology by an Early Career Professional Award 2019
Awarded TOP Physician-Psychology 2018 Orlando Family Magazine by OFM Readers – Psychology – Dr. Cerissa Blaney
February 23, 2017 - National Video – One Stop Shop – Integrating Behavioral Health in Primary Care
Spring 2018, Family Physicians Magazine: Burg, M., Blaney, C.L. (Benefits and Considerations When Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care) Florida Family Physician, 67 (issue 1) 10-12.
Spring/Summer 2016: Society of Behavioral Medicine Outlook Newsletter: Blaney, C.L., (2016, June). Career Development for Integrated Primary Care: An Early-Career Psychologists’ Perspective.
Recent Publications
Wiener, C., Cassisi, J., Blaney, C.L., Newins, A., Gros, B. (2020 in press) A Randomized Trial of a Brief Behavioral Health Lifestyle Program for Outpatient Cardiology Clinics. Journal of Health Psychology, TBA
Wiener, C.H, Blaney, C., Cassisi, J.E., & Dawson, V. (2018). Cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus in integrated primary care: A case example. Health Psychology, 37 (9), 885-891.
Blaney CL, Redding CA, Paiva AL, Rossi JS, Prochaska JO, Blissmer B, Burditt CT, Nash JM, Bayley KD. (2018). Integrated Primary Care Readiness and Behaviors Scale: Development and Validation in Behavioral Health Professionals. Families, Systems and Health, 36 (1), 97-107. 4.
Busch, A.M., Scott-Sheldon, L.A.J., Pierce, J., Chattillion, E.A., Cunningham, K., Buckley, M.L., Mazer, J.M., Blaney, C.L., Carey, M.P. (2014) Depressed mood predicts pulmonary rehabilitation completion among women, but not men. Respiratory Medicine, 108, 10007-1013.
