Jen L. Lowry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Psychology

Office: Beatty Hall, Room 220E
Telephone: 410-617-5314
Email: JLowry@loyola.edu

Education and Training:

• B.S. (Psychology, Summa Cum Laude), University of Evansville
• M.S. (Research, Clinical Psychology), Saint Louis University
• Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), Saint Louis University
• Predoctoral Internship, Medical College of Virginia,
  Virginia Commonwealth University
• Licensed Psychologist in Maryland

Scholarly Interests:

Scholarly interests include factors affecting psychotherapy duration and outcome, ethics and
professional issues (particularly managed care and supervision), crisis intervention, and
instrument development. Current ongoing research projects include evaluation of levels
of well-being, psychological symptoms, and life functioning for various populations. 


Instruments Developed:

Kopta, S. M., & Lowry, J. L.  Psychotherapy Outcome Assessment and Monitoring System
(POAMS®; 1997, copyright) and Behavioral Health Measure-20 (2000, copyright).
Comprehensive assessment instruments, based on the Phase Model of Psychotherapy,
designed to track patient progress in treatment. Factors assessed include readiness for
treatment, well-being, psychological symptoms, life functioning, therapeutic bond, and
treatment satisfaction. Normative data are available for college students, college counseling
clients, adult outpatients, community-adults, and trauma survivors.

Representative Publications:

Constance, J. E., Ross, M. J., Lowry, J. L., Gfeller, J. D., & Handal, P. J. (in press). Expectations of 
     psychotherapy duration by disorder: A comparison between professional and young adult 
     expectations. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy.

Lating, J., Sherman, M.F., Everly, G. S., Lowry, J. L., & Peragine, T. F. (2004). PTSD reactions
     and coping responses of east coast and west coast American Airlines flight attendants after 
     September 11: A possible psychology contagion effect. Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases,
     192(12), 876-879.

Lating, J., Sherman, M.F., Everly, G. S., Lowry, J. L., & Peragine, T. F. (2004). PTSD reactions and 
     functioning of American Airlines flight attendants in the wake of September 11. Journal of 
     Nervous and Mental Diseases, 192(5), 1-6.

Lowry, J. L. (2003). Overview of the Psychotherapy Outcome Assessment and Monitoring System 
     (POAMS). Psychotherapy Bulletin, 38(3), 16-19.

Green, J. L., Lowry, J. L., & Kopta, S. M. (2003). College students versus counseling center clients: 
     What are the differences? Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 17(4), 25-37.

Kopta, S. M., & Lowry, J. L. (2002). Psychometric evaluation of the Behavioral Health 
     Questionnaire-20: A brief, comprehensive instrument for assessing mental health. 
     Psychotherapy Research, 12(4), 413-426.

Kopta, S. M., & Lowry, J. L. (2002). The dosage model. In M. Herson and W. Sledge (Eds.), 
     Encyclopedia of psychotherapy, Vol. 1: A-H (pp. 655-660). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Lowry, J. L., & Olsen, K. G. (2002). A multidisciplinary celebration of undergraduate scholarship: 
     The Loyola College in Maryland Undergraduate Student Research & Scholarship Colloquium. 
     CUR Quarterly: Journal of the Council on Undergraduate Research, 23(1), 24-28.

Lowry, J. L., & Lating, J. (2002). Reflections on the response to mass terrorist attacks: An 
     elaboration on Everly and Mitchell’s 10 commandments. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 
     2(1), 95-104.

Lutz, W., Lowry, J. L., Kopta, S. M., Einstein, D., & Howard, K. I. (2001). Prediction of dose-response 
     relations based on patient characteristics. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(7), 889-900.

Lowry, J. L. & Ross, M. J. (1997). Expectations of psychotherapy duration: How long should 
     psychotherapy last? Psychotherapy, 34(3), 272-277.

Kopta, S. M., Howard, K. I., Lowry, J. L., & Beutler, L. (1994). Patterns of symptomatic recovery 
     in psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 1009-1016.

Course Offerings:

PY202D: Abnormal Psychology
PY602: Psychodiagnosics II
PY615: Advanced Abnormal Psychology
PY802: Advanced Assessment and Case Conceptualization
PY845: Models of Psychotherapy-Object Relations and Attachment Theory

D Indicates Course that Meets the Diversity Course Requirement