Joel Pava Ph.D.

Dr. Pava is currently Director of Psychotherapy Services in the Depression Clinical and Research Program, Associate Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He received a B.A. in Psychology from Yale College and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from New York University. He completed his clinical internship at McLean Hospital, followed by a research fellowship in the MGH Cognitive Therapy and Research Program. He is a certified cognitive therapist, Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and has served as a study therapist on several cognitive therapy trials. Dr. Pava is currently Project Director of a NIDA funded study exploring the relationship of smoking cessation treatments to depression. His research interests are in the areas of cognitive therapy, relapse prevention and integrating pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in the treatment of depression. Dr.Pava is a clinical supervisor for both the MGH Psychology Internship and MGH-McLean Psychiatric Residency Training Programs. He has enjoyed busy hospital-based and private clinical practices for over fifteen years.