Corinne Cather, PhD

Corinne Cather, PhD, is a cognitive behavioral psychologist for the Massachusetts General Hospital Schizophrenia Program in Boston. In addition, she is a clinical fellow in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital under the auspices of Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Cather earned her undergraduate degree in biopsychology at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY and her doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers University where she received specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and health psychology. She completed an internship at UMDNJ (formerly Rutgers) and a post-doctoral fellowship at the MGH in the Schizophrenia Clinical and Research Program with Donald Goff, M.D.

Dr. Cather's research interests include the development and implementation of CBT to residual symptoms, medication adherence, and substance use disorders in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. She is currently working on modifying these approaches for use in first episode and early psychosis. She has authored empirical and review papers on CBT for psychosis together with training clinicians nationwide in CBT approaches and techniques. Dr. Cather has received a National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia Young Investigator Award for the cognitive-behavioral treatment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia, is the site principal investigator for a NIMH-funded study on social skills training and health care management in elderly individuals with major mental illness, and is the project manager for a NIMH-funded study of behavioral family treatment for substance use disorders co-occuring with major mental illness. She also collaborates with Dr. Evins to offer smoking cessation interventions to individuals with schizophrenia and consults on behavioral techniques to promote weight loss in individuals with major mental illness.