David C. Houghton, M.S.

David C. Houghton, M.S. Address Contact Department of Psychology Psychology Building Rm. 119 Texas A&M University davidhoughton@tamu.edu 4235 TAMU Office (979) 458-4218 College Station, TX 77843-4235 Cell (281) 797-2130 EDUCATION 2018 (expected) Ph.D., Texas A&M University Clinical Psychology 2013 M.S., Missouri State University Clinical Psychology 2009 B.A., Trinity University Psychology and Business Administration PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 08/2013 Graduate Assistant Research Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University 2009-2011 Social Science Research Associate Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio RESEARCH INTERESTS Conceptualization and Treatment of Repetitive and Compulsive Behaviors What are the cortical mechanisms underlying sensory phenomena in OC-spectrum disorders? What are the neuropsychological and personality substrates of compulsive behaviors? How do social and contextual variables interact with compulsive behavior? What are effective processes of change in behavior therapy for OC-spectrum disorders? Specialized Technical approaches Vibrotactile Psychophysics Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment Item Response Theory FELLOWSHIPS & TRAVEL AWARDS 2015 Graduate Student Fellowship Application Support, Texas A&M University ($4,500) 2014 Graduate Student Merit-Based Travel Award, Texas A&M University ($450) 2013 Graduate Student Merit-Based Travel Award, Texas A&M University ($350) 2009 Faculty/Staff Travel Award, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ($700)

GRANTS APPLIED FOR 2015 National Institutes of Health PA-14-147 Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Parent F31 Submitted in Cycle II) Examining Sensory Processing in Youth with Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders PUBLICATIONS Houghton, D. C., Maas, J., Twohig, M. P., Saunders, S. M., Compton, S. N., Neal- Barnett, A. B., Franklin, M. E., & Woods, D. W. (Accepted). Comorbidity and Quality of Life in Adults with Hair Pulling Disorder (Trichotillomania). Psychiatry Research. Houghton, D. C., Capriotti, M. R., De Nadai, A., Compton, S. N., Twohig, M. P., Neal- Barnett, A. M., Saunders, S. M., Franklin, M. E. & Woods, D. W. (In Press). Defining treatment response in Trichotillomania: A signal detection analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. Snorrason, I., Olafsson, R. P., Houghton, D. C., Woods, D. W., & Lee, H. J. (In Press). Wanting and liking skin picking: A validation of the skin picking reward scale. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Woods, D. W., & Houghton, D. C. (In Press). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for pediatric body-focused repetitive behavior disorders. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Woods, D. W., Houghton, D. C., & Snorrason, I. (In Press). Disorders of Impulse Control. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Second Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. Houghton, D. C., & Woods, D. W. (In Press). Phenomenology of Trichotillomania. In J. Abramowitz, D. McKay, & E. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Houghton, D. C. (2015). The Behavioral Science of Repetitive Behavior Disorders: Conceptualization, Treatment, and Barriers to Dissemination. Texas Psychologist, 69(3), 8-13. Houghton, D. C., Balsis, S., Stein, D. J. Compton, S. N., Twohig, M. P., Saunders, S. M., Franklin, M. E., & Woods, D. W. (2015). Examining DSM criteria for Trichotillomania in a dimensional framework: Implications for DSM-5 and diagnostic practice. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 60, 9-16. Snorrason, I., Houghton, D. C., & Woods, D. W. (2015). Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder). In K. A. Phillips & D. J. Stein (Eds.), Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. Woods, D. W., & Houghton, D. C. (2015). Behavior therapy for childhood tic disorders. In H. Roane, T. Falcomata, & J. Ringdahl (Eds.), Clinical and Organizational Applications of Applied Behavior Analysis, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Houghton, D. C., Compton, S. N., Twohig, M. P., Saunders, S. M., Franklin, M. E., Neal-Barnett, A., Ely, L. J., Capriotti, M. R., & Woods, D. W. (2014). Measuring the role of psychological inflexibility in Trichotillomania. Psychiatry Research, 220(1-2), 356-361. Houghton, D. C., Capriotti, M. R., Conelea, C. A., & Woods, D. W. (2014). Sensory phenomena in Tourette syndrome: Their role in symptom formation and treatment. Current Developmental Disorders Reports, 1, 245-251. Woods, D. W., & Houghton, D. C. (2014). Diagnosis, evaluation, and management of Trichotillomania. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 37(3), 301-317. Peterson, A. L., Brundige, A. R., & Houghton, D. C. (2014). Tobacco Use. In Andrasik, F., Goodie, J.L., & Peterson, A.L. (Eds.), Biopsychosocial assessment in clinical health psychology: A handbook. New York, NY: Guilford Publications. Corso, K. A., Bryan, C. J., Corso, M. L, Kanzler, K. E., Houghton, D. C., Ray-Sannerud B. (2013). Therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in the primary care behavioral health model. Family, Systems, and Health, 30(2), 87-100. MANUSCRIPTS CURRENTLY UNDER PEER REVIEW * denotes undergraduate student co-author Houghton, D. C., Capriotti, M. R., *Franklin, M. R., Scahill, L., Wilhelm, S., Peterson, A. L., Walkup, J. T., Piacentini, J., & Woods, D. W. (Under Review). Inhibitory learning as a potential mechanism change in behavior therapy for Tourette syndrome. Houghton, D. C., *Franklin, M. R., Bauer, C. C., Franklin, M. E., Saunders, S. M., Compton, S. C., Neal-Barnett, A. M., Twohig, M. P., & Woods, D. W. (Revise & Resubmit). Photographic assessment of Trichotillomania: psychometric properties and variables influencing interpretation. Houghton, D. C., *McFarland, C., Franklin, M. E., Twohig, M. P., Compton, S. N., Saunders, S. M., Neal-Barnett, A. M., & Woods, D. W. (Under Review). Will Others Notice That I Stopped Pulling? Perception of Adults with Trichotillomania Improves After Psychosocial Treatment. MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Houghton, D. C., Alexander, J. R., & Woods, D. W. (In preparation). Tic Disorders and Trichotillomania. In Piacentini, J. P., & Flessner, C. A. (Eds.), The Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Step-By-Step Treatment Manual. NY: Guilford Publications. Houghton, D. C., Alexander, J. R., & Woods, D. W. (In preparation). The Psychosocial Impact of Tic Disorders. Alexander, J. R., Houghton, D. C., Compton, S. N., Twohig, M. P., Saunders, S. M., Franklin, M. E., Neal-Barnett, A. M., & Woods, D. W. (In preparation). Factor Analysis of the Milwaukee Inventory of Subtypes of Trichotillomania-Adult Version. Houghton, D. C., Mathew, A. S., Twohig, M. P., Saunders, S. M., Cahill, S. P., Franklin,

M. E., Compton, S. N., Neal-Barnett, A. M., & Woods, D. W. (In preparation). The Mediational Role of Depressive Symptoms in the Relationship Between Trauma and Trichotillomania. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Houghton, D. C., Capriotti, M. R., Scahill, L., Wilhelm, S., Peterson, A. L., Walkup, J. T., Piacentini, J., & Woods, D. W. (2015, May). Inhibitory learning as a potential mechanism of change in behavior therapy for Tourette syndrome. In K. Wiskow (Chair), Advances in Behavioral Process Research for Pediatric Tic Disorders. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Antonio, TX. Houghton, D. C., Balsis, S., Woods, D. W., Twohig, M. P., Saunders, S. M., Franklin, M. E., Neal-Barnett, A., & Compton, S. N. (2014, November). Examining specific factors of depression in trichotillomania: preliminary evidence for a unique pattern of internalizing symptomatology. In H. Weingarden (Chair) Expanding our understanding of obsessive-compulsive-related disorders through the study of emotions beyond anxiety. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. Houghton, D. C., Compton, S. N., Twohig, M. P., Saunders, S. M., Franklin, M. E., Neal-Barnett, A., Ely, L., Capriotti, M. R., & Woods, D. W. (2014, November). Measuring the role of psychological inflexibility in trichotillomania. In M. Norberg & R. Macatee (Chairs) Emotion regulation across obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. Rost, A., Moran, D. J., Sandoz, E. K., Waltz, T. (2013, May) Professional Development Series: Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. In D. Houghton (Chair). Panel Discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International in Minneapolis, MN. Houghton, D., Rost, A., Bauman, D., & Beachy, B. (2013, May). Individual ACT for Smoking Cessation among Pregnant and Postpartum Women. In T. Douleh (Chair), Assessment and Evaluation of Core Active Processes in Clinical Behavioral Interventions. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International in Minneapolis, MN. Rosen, M., Rost, A., Sanford, B., Cushing, C. C., & Houghton, D. (2012, May). Scoring the VLQ: Variety May Not Be the Spice of Life. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Seattle, WA. Sanford, B., Rost, A., Houghton, D., Rosen, M., & Byers, A. (2012, May). Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the VLQ. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Seattle, WA.

Yoder, C. Y., Goldstein, D. J., Gatton, L. A. Smith, P. M., Houghton, D. C., Crawley, J., Crocker, C., & Sooby, M. R. (2009, May). First-Years and Seniors Differential Processing of Belief-Consistent and Inconsistent Information. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. Yoder, C. Y., Crawley, J., Houghton, D. C., Smith, P. M., Sooby, M. R., & Goldstein, D. J. (2009, April). Political Reasoning and Comprehension in Young Adults: Don t Preach to the Choir. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX. Yoder, C. Y., Houghton, D. C., Smith, P. M., Crawley, J., Goldstein D. J., & Sooby, M. R. (2009, April). Age Changes in Young Adults Regarding Political Thinking and Remembering. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX. CONFERENCE POSTERS Snorrason, I., Olafsson, R. P., Houghton, D. C., Woods, D. W., & Lee, H. J. (2014, November). Wanting and liking skin picking: a validation of the skin picking reward scale. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. Franklin, M. R., Mathew, A., Houghton, D. C., Bauer, C. C., & Woods, D. W. (2014, November). Examining the psychometric properties of photographic measures of Trichotillomania. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. Houghton, D. C., Compton, S., Twohig, M. P., Franklin, M. E., Saunders, S., Espil, F., Capriotti, M., & Woods, D. W. (2013, November). Development of a Trichotillomania-Specific Version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire: The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-Trichotillomania (AAQ-TTM). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Nashville, TN. Houghton, D. C., Rost, A., Bauman, D., & Beachy, B. (2013, November). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Pilot Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Nashville, TN. Houghton, D. C., Rost, A., & Toon. J (2013, November). Effects of Expressive Writing on Values Concordance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Nashville, TN. Sanford, B., Rost, A., Houghton, D., Bauman, D., & Beachy, B. (2012, July). Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Valued Living Questionnaire. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science, Bethesda, MD. Rost, A., Sanford, B., Cushing, C., Rosen, M., & Houghton, D. (2011, November). Using VLQ Scores as Indicators of Psychological Distress and Adjustment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada.

Sanford, B., Rosen, M., Houghton, D., & Rost, A. (2011, November). Refining the VLQ for Use With an Undergraduate Population. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, Canada. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE (August 2014 Present) Graduate Student Therapist, Texas A&M Psychology Clinic, Supervisors: Douglas Snyder, Rob Heffer. (March 2014 Present) Graduate Student Therapist, Tic Disorders Specialty Clinic, Texas A&M Psychology Clinic, Supervisor: Douglas Woods. (June 2012 December 2012) Clinical Psychology Practicum Student, Center for Addictions - Cox Health, Springfield, MO, Supervisor: Tressa Moyle. (350 hours) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Guest Lecture, Spring 2015 Texas A&M University, Abnormal Psychology (Instructor: Douglas Snyder) Guest Lecture, Fall 2012 Missouri State University, Abnormal Psychology (Instructor: Ann Rost) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Ad Hoc Reviewer Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry Body Image Assessment PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Association for Behavior Analysis International Association for Contextual Behavioral Science American Psychological Association REFERENCES Douglas W. Woods, Ph.D., Professor and Department Head, Department of Psychology Texas A&M University, 4235 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 dowoods@tamu.edu, (979) 845-2540

Ann D. Rost, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897 AnnRost@missouristate.edu, (417) 836-5406 Alan L. Peterson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7550 IH-10 West, Suite 1325, San Antonio, TX 78229 petersona3@uthscsa.edu, (210) 562-6700 Carolyn B. Becker, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology Trinity University, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212 cbecker@trinity.edu, (210) 999-8326 Carol Y. Yoder, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, Trinity University 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212 carol.yoder@trinity.edu, (210) 999-8385