Hello! Welcome to my academic website.

My name is Trevor Stevens. I recently graduated from California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB; Fall 2020) with a major in Psychology and a minor in Statistics. As a McNair Scholar, I have been privileged to focus my time at CSUMB on my development as a scientist and researcher studying psychological trauma and anxiety disorders. I am pursuing a career in translational treatment research and development for fear, anxiety, and stress-related suffering. I have been particularly interested in the role of avoidance in maintaining narrow and rigid behavioral patterns which prevent contact with new and potentially corrective information, and methods with which to intervene on this avoidance-rigidity feedback loop. To this end I have focused in two related areas, exposure therapies as well as mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches. I have been thinking about the optimization and augmentation of exposure strategies through leveraging basic behavioral learning principles, mindfulness and acceptance, and adjunctive tools (e.g., technology, psychopharmacology, social support) to improve treatment access, response, and long term outcomes for patients. My personal ~5 year insight meditation practice and engagement with contextual behavioral science perspectives have emphasized the importance of psychological acceptance in mental health and it’s particular relevance to avoidance and approach in fear, anxiety, and stress. I also enjoy learning about measurement, methodology, and statistical modelling. I am excited to continue down this path of innovation and excellence in clinical science by applying to clinical psychology doctoral programs for Fall 2022 admission. 

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