Julian D. Ford, PhD
Associate Professor

Dr. Ford is a clinical psychologist and conducts therapy with adult and child survivors of trauma, as well as research on assessment and treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and disorders of extreme stress following complex trauma. Dr. Ford has developed the TARGET (Trauma Affect Regulation: Guidelines for Education and Therapy; www.ptsdfreedom.org) model for adults receiving services for chronic mental illness and addictions, emergency medical care, domestic violence, and in correctional settings, as well as for youths and families who are involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems in Connecticut and Florida. He was the Director of Research and Assessment for the Yale/UConn Center for Children Exposed to Violence in the SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Network, currently is the Director of the University of Connecticut TARGET affiliate site within the Network and serves as a principal faculty for a Network Learning Collaborative that is implementing TARGET with youths and families at seven sites nationally. Since November 2001 he has been Director of the Center for Trauma Response, Recovery, and Preparedness (www.CTRP.org), which is dedicated to the development of systems of services for communities affected by mass trauma. Dr. Ford also serves as a Senior Academic Fellow with the Child Health and Development Institute, and has led a series of policy studies concerning mental health and traumatic stress services for youths in the juvenile justice system.

Sample recent publications(*denotes corresponding author):
*Ford, J. D., Russo, E., & Mallon, S. (in press). Integrating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder treatment. Journal of Counseling and Development.
*Ford, J. D., Stockton, P., Kaltman, S., & Green, B. L. (in press). Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) symptoms are associated with interpersonal trauma exposure in a sample of healthy young women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Kim, M., & Ford, J. D. (in press). Trauma and post-traumatic stress among homeless men: A review of the literature. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.
*Ford, J. D., Adams, M., & Dailey, W. (2006). Prevalence and risk factors for psychological problems and patterns of receipt of help by Connecticut adults 5-15 months after the September 11th terrorist incidents. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 40, 1-10.
*Ford, J. D., Chapman, J., Mack, M., & Pearson, G. (2006). Pathways from traumatic child maltreatment to delinquency: implications for juvenile and permanency court proceedings and decisions. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 57(1), 13-26.
*Ford, J. D., Courtois, C., van der Hart, O., Nijenhuis, E., & Steele, K. (2005). Treatment of complex post-traumatic self-dysregulation. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18, 467-477.
Spinazzola, J., Ford, J. D., Zucker, M., van der Kolk, B., Silva, S., Smith, S., & Blaustein, M. (2005). Survey evaluates complex trauma exposure, outcome, and intervention among children and adolescents. Psychiatric Annals, 35, 433-439.
Cook, A., Spinazzola, J., Ford, J. D., Lanktree, C., Blaustein, M, Cloitre, M., DeRosa, R., Hubbard, R., Kagan, R., Liataud, J., Mallah, K., Olafson, E., & vanderKolk, B.(2005). Complex trauma in children and adolescents. Psychiatric Annals, 35, 390-398.
*Ford, J. D. (2005). Treatment implications of altered neurobiology, affect regulation and information processing following child maltreatment. Psychiatric Annals, 35, 410-419.
McDonagh-Coyle, A., Friedman, M. J., McHugo, G., Ford, J. D., Mueser, K., Sengupta, A., Fournier, D., Demment, C., Schnurr, P., & Descamps, M. (2005). Randomized trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic PTSD in adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 515-524.
*Ford, J. D., Tennen, H., Trestman, R. L., & Allen, S. (2005). Relationship of anxiety, depression, and alcohol use disorders to persistent high utilization and potentially problematic under-utilization of primary medical care. Social Science & Medicine, 61, 1618-1625.