Rebecca M. Ametrano

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Ametrano is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and serves as a Health Behavior Coordinator at VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS) working with the Primary Care and Behavioral Medicine clinics. She earned her doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed her pre-doctoral internship (General Mental Health & Neuropsychology) and postdoctoral fellowship (General Mental Health) training at VABHS. Dr. Ametrano works collaboratively with medical center staff to increase the use of patient-centered interventions, such as motivational interviewing, to help facilitate health behavior change in patients (e.g., weight management, smoking cessation, improved sleep). Dr. Ametrano also has a strong commitment to education and mentorship, and she provides supervision to clinical psychology trainees in Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Ametrano’s research has focused primarily on common factors in psychotherapy, such as patient expectations and the therapeutic alliance. She has particular interest in how these factors influence behavior change in integrated medical settings.

Publications

  • Published 4/11/2022

    Ametrano RM, McGillicuddy ML, Sanyal S, Topor DR. Training Interprofessional Staff in Whole Health Clinical Care at the Veterans Health Administration. Glob Adv Health Med. 2022; 11:2164957X221092361. PMID: 35433116.

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  • Published 2/11/2016

    Constantino MJ, Coyne AE, McVicar EL, Ametrano RM. The relative association between individual difference variables and general psychotherapy outcome expectation in socially anxious individuals. Psychother Res. 2017 Sep; 27(5):583-594. PMID: 26866269.

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  • Published 5/1/2014

    Perkins SC, Smith-Darden J, Ametrano RM, Graham-Bermann S. Typologies of Violence Exposure and Cognitive Processing in Incarcerated Male Adolescents. J Fam Violence. 2014 May 01; 29(4):439-451. PMID: 25104877.

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  • Published 10/15/2012

    Constantino MJ, Ametrano RM, Greenberg RP. Clinician interventions and participant characteristics that foster adaptive patient expectations for psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic change. Psychotherapy (Chic). 2012 Dec; 49(4):557-69. PMID: 23066922.

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  • Published 2/1/2011

    Constantino MJ, Arnkoff DB, Glass CR, Ametrano RM, Smith JZ. Expectations. J Clin Psychol. 2011 Feb; 67(2):184-92. PMID: 21128304.

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Education

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst, PhD
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst, MS
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, BA