Jennifer Felder

  • Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
  • Faculty Advisor: Sona Dimidjian
  • Fax: 303-492-2967
  • Email: Jennifer.Felder@Colorado.edu

Education

  • BS, Davidson College (Psychology), 2007
  • MA, University of Colorado Boulder, 2011
  • PhD, expected 2014

Research Interests

My research interests include examination and development of treatment for acute depression and prevention of depression relapse, particularly for women who are pregnant or postpartum.

Publications and Presentations

Felder, J.N., Dimidjian, S., & Segal, Z. (In press). Collaboration in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session.

Felder, J.N., Smoski, M.J., Kozink, R.V., Froeliger, B., McClernon, J., Bizzell, J., Petty, C., & Dichter, G.S. (Submitted). Functional Neural Correleates of Moderate Depressive Symptoms.

Felder, J.N., Dimidjian, S., & Segal, Z. (In prep). The use of mindfulness meditation for relapse prophylaxis in mood disorders, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness.

Felder, J.N., Lindemann, A., & Dimidjian, S. (In prep). Perinatal Depression, The Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity.

Felder, J.N., Goodman, S., & Dimidjian, S. (In prep). Acute changes and prediction of depression relapse over the course of a Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Intervention.

Beck, A., Segal, Z., Dimidjian, S., Felder, J.N., Brace, N., & Boggs, J. (2012, March). Evaluation of an Internet Version of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Implementation in an HMO. Oral presentation at NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Bethesda, Maryland.

Felder, J.N., Dimidjian, S., & Segal, Z. (2011, November). Mindful Mood Balance: A Web-Based Approach to Relapse Prophylaxis in Recurrent Depression. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Toronto, Ontario.

Felder, J.N., Dimidjian, S., & Goodman, S.H. (2011, June). Piloting Behavioral Measures to Inform Future Studies of Mechanisms of Change in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy. Poster presented at Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, Garrison, NY.

Lindemann, A.M., Dimidjian, S., Goodman, S.H., Beck, A., Hubley, S. & Felder, J. (2011). Client satisfaction and experiences in a study of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for the prevention of perinatal depression. Poster presented at the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, Garrison, NY.

Boeldt, D.L., Dimidjian, S., Goodman, S.H., Rhee, S.H., Felder, J., Lindemann, A., Hawkey, C., & Kimmel, A. (2011). The Role of Social Support in the Prevention of Postpartum Depression with Mindfulnees-Based Cognitive Therapy. Poster presented at the Society of Research and Child Development conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Dichter, G.S., Sikich, L., Mahorney, S., Felder, J.N., Lam, K., Turner-Brown, L., & Bodfish, J. (2010). fMRI activation change tracks medication-induced reductions in repetitive behaviors in autism: two case studies, Neurocase.

Dichter, G.S., Felder, J.N., & Smoski, M.S. (2010). The Effects of Brief Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depression on Cognitive Control in Affective Contexts: an fMRI investigation, Journal of Affective Disorders, 126, 236-244.

Dichter, G.S., Felder, J.N., Bodfish, J., & Green, S. (2010). Reward Circuitry Function in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience.

Felder, J.N., Dimidjian, S., & Goodman, S.H. (2010, November). Integrating Cognitive and Clinical Psychology to Examine the Functional Relationship between Attention and Emotion in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Smith, M.A., Greene, J.L., Lyle, M.A., Iordanou, J.C., & Felder, J.N. (2009). The effects of repeated opioid administration on locomotor activity: 1. Role of an opioid's relative selectivity at mu and kappa receptors. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 330, 468-475.

Smith, M.A., Greene, J.L., Felder, J.N., Iordanou, J.C., Lyle, M.A., & Walker, K.L. (2009). The effects of repeated opioid administration on locomotor activity: II. Cross-sensitization to cocaine. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 330, 476-486.

Dichter, G.S., Felder, J.N., Petty, C., Bizzell, J., Ernst, M., & Smoski, M.J. (2009). The effects of psychotherapy on neural responses to rewards in major depression, Biological Psychiatry, 66, 886-897.

Dichter, G.S., Felder, J.N., & Smoski, M.J. (2009). Affective context interferes with cognitive control in unipolar depression: an fMRI investigation, Journal of Affective Disorders, 114, 131-142.

Dichter, G.S., Bodfish, J., Felder, J.N., Sikich, L., & Belger, A. (2009). Mapping social target d2011etection with fMRI, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 59-69.

Smoski, M.J., Felder, J., Bizzell, J., Green, S.R., Ernst, M., Lynch, T.R., & Dichter, G.S. (2009). FMRI of alterations in reward selection, anticipation, and feedback in major depressive disorder, Journal of Affective Disorders, 118, 69-78.

Dichter, G.S., Felder, J.N., & Bodfish, J.W. (2009). Autism is characterized by dorsal cingulate hyperactivation during social target detection, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 215-226.

Smoski, M.J., Felder, J., Bizzell, J., Green, S.R., Ernst, M., Lynch, T.R., & Dichter, G.S. (2009, May). Neuroimaging of Reward Processes in Major Depressive Disorder. Paper presented at Research Career Day, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC.

Smoski, M.J., Felder, J., & Dichter, G.S. (2009, November). Changes in Neural Responses to Rewards with Behavioral Activation Therapy. Paper presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New York, NY.