Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Chair of Psychology & Chair of the Faculty
Office: BE 204
Telephone: 410-617-5314
Email: JLowry@loyola.edu
Education and Training:
- B.S. (Psychology), 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
Teaching Awards:
Mentor of the Year Award (2008)
Awarded by the Maryland Psychological Association for Graduate Students (MPAGS)
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:
Boling, M. W., Barry, C. M., Lowry, J. L., & Kotchick, B. A. (2011).
The relations among parent-child attachment, perceived social
competence, and early adolescents' friendship quality. Psychological Reports.
Lane, E. J., Lating, J. M., Lowry, J. L., & Martino, T, P. (2010).
Differences in compassion fatigue, symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
and relationship satisfaction, including sexual desire and functioning, between
male and female detectives who investigate sexual offenses against children:
A pilot study. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 12(4), 257-266.
Constance, J. E., Ross, M. J., Lowry, J. L., Gfeller, J. D., &
Handal, P. J. (2008). Expectations of psychotherapy duration by
disorder: A comparison between professional and young adult
expectations. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 38,
177-183. doi: 10.1007/s10879-008-9079-z.
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:
PY101: Introduction to Psychology
PY202: Psychopathology
PY602: Personality Assessment with Lab
PY615: Advanced Psychopathology
PY845: Models of Psychotherapy-Object Relations and Attachment Theory