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Joseph Bardeen, PhD, LP

Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Joseph Bardeen is a licensed clinical psychologist that specializes in working with clients who are dealing with anxiety, OCD, and trauma-related concerns. Dr. Bardeen approaches client problems from a cognitive-behavioral perspective, with special expertise in the use of exposure-based treatments, while also leaving room for the flexibility to integrate treatment techniques from other modalities when necessary. He specializes in treating clients with panic attacks/panic disorder, agoraphobia, health/illness anxiety, social anxiety, generalized anxiety and worry, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. Bardeen also frequently works with Veterans who have anxiety and trauma-related concerns. He is licensed in Iowa, Alabama, and Florida.

 

Dr. Bardeen earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Northern Illinois University and completed an American Psychological Association-accredited clinical psychology internship at the Mississippi Consortium Psychology Residency. While on internship, he completed rotations in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Bardeen is currently a graduate faculty scholar at Northern Illinois University and was a tenured associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Auburn University up until 2022 where he trained graduate-level clinicians in empirically supported assessment methods and in a variety of treatment techniques, including advanced exposure techniques, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness and acceptance-based techniques. Dr. Bardeen was also the director of the Trauma and Anxiety Research Laboratory at Auburn University, where graduate students in clinical psychology conducted cutting-edge research to better understand how anxiety- and fear-related disorders develop and how they can be treated. Dr. Bardeen has 90+ scientific publications to his credit and his research has received funding by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Joseph Bardeen, PhD, LP

Iowa, Alabama, and Florida

Professional Affiliations

Education and Experience

2020-current

Clinical Psychologist, Anxiety & OCD Treatment Services

​2024-current

Graduate Faculty Scholar, Northern Illinois University

​2019-2022

Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Psychology, Auburn University

​2014-2019

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Auburn University

​2013-2014

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center

​2013

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Clinical Psychology, Northern Illinois University

​2012-2013

Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, University of Mississippi Medical Center & G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center

​2008

Master of Arts (M.A.), Psychology, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo

​2004

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo

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