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Candice Monson
Candice Monson
Born	Ulysses, Kansas
Occupation(s)	Psychologist and Professor
Awards	Fellow, American Psychology Association, Canadian Psychology Association, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Canadian Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Traumatic Stress Psychologist of the Year, and Canadian Psychological Association (2013) International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Distinguished Mentor Award (2014) Yeates School of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education (2016) Knowledge Mobilization & Engagement Award, Ryerson University (2019) CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science (2025)
Academic background
Education	BSc, Psychology, West Texas A&M University PhD., Clinical Psychology, University of Nebraska
Academic work
Discipline	Clinical Psychology
Institutions	Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and Law White River Junction DVA Medical Center Dartmouth Medical School DVA National Center for PTSD, Boston, Massachusetts Boston University School of Medicine Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University
Website	https://candicemonson.com/

Candice Monson

Candice Monson with the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, and the CEO of Runnymede Healthcare System, Connie Dejak, in 2024.

Candice M. Monson is an American-Canadian Psychologist and Professor. She is one of the foremost experts on traumatic stress and the use of individual and conjoint therapies to treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its common comorbidities. Her research earned her Fellow status of the American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Canadian Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She received the Traumatic Stress Psychologist of the Year Award in 2013 from the Canadian Psychological Association, was named the Outstanding Mentor by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in 2014. While working at Ryerson University, now known as Toronto Metropolitan University, Monson received the Yeates School of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education in 2016 and the Knowledge Mobilization and Engagement Award in 2019. Monson was also inducted into the Royal Society of Canada in 2016. In 2024, Monson was recognized by the Canadian Psychological Association and named as one of the top national researchers in her field. On top of that, in 2025 she also earned the Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science award from the Canadian Psychological Association.

Monson has co-authored 8 books, including Cognitive Processing Therapy: A Comprehensive Manual and Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD, and she has published over 200 publications on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of PTSD treatments more generally.

Early Life and Education

Monson with Dr. Aaron Beck, an American Psychiatrist who is recognized as the “father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)”, Dr. Judith Beck, and fellow Beck Scholars.

Monson was born in Ulysses, Kansas, a small town in Southwest Kansas. She completed her Bachelors of Science degree in Psychology at West Texas A&M University with Summa Cum Laude Distinction, and her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Nebraska. For her pre-doctoral internship/residency, she was at the Boston VA Medical Center/Tufts University Medical Center Consortium from 1997-1998. Following this, Monson became a Forensic Psychology Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Schools of Medicine and School of Law.

Career

Following her post-doctoral work, Monson displayed an impressive professional resume. In 1999, she became the Director of the Cognitive-Behavioral Rehabilitation Program at Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center. In the same year she also became an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine. She then transitioned to train and work in the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) National Center for PTSD from 2000-2009. Throughout this 10-year milestone in her career with the DVA, from 2000-2002 she became the Director of Outpatient PTSD Services at White River Junction DVA Medical Center in Vermont. At this time, she also became an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School until 2004. As well, Monson was the Clinical Research Psychologist from 2000-2004 at the DVA in Vermont, and from 2004-2009 she was the Deputy Director of Women’s Health Sciences Division at DVA National Center for PTSD in Boston. In addition, she was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine from 2004-2009.

Monson meeting King Charles III (then Prince) of England in 2014.

Monson then transitioned to Ryerson University, now known as Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada from 2009 to present. She has been funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institute of Mental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Defense, and Canadian Institutes of Health for her research on interpersonal factors in traumatization and individual- and conjoint-based interventions for PTSD. Monson is the original developer of Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD (Monson & Fredman, 2012), which is an intervention that includes significant others in treatment to achieve broader effects. CBCT for PTSD has been tested numerous times documenting effects on PTSD on par or better than first-line individual treatments, with the added benefit of enhanced relationship satisfaction. Monson has also collaborated with Dr. Anne Wagner to investigate new ways to treat PTSD using MDMA and CBCT. Through testing, MDMA-facilitation of CBCT has revealed promising effects for efficiency. Monson is also the co-author of Cognitive Processing Therapy (Resick et al., 2024) alongside Drs. Patricia Resick and Kathleen Chard, which is a first-line treatment in PTSD practice guidelines worldwide. This comprehensive manual is a bestseller. Monson also co-developed Couple HOPES (Helping Overcome PTSD and Enhance Satisfaction) alongside Drs. Skye Fitzpatrick and Anne Wagner in 2019. Couple HOPES is an online, guided self-help intervention for PTSD and relationship enhancement for couples including a partner with PTSD. A case series, uncontrolled trial and waitlist-controlled trial (currently in press) document its feasibility, acceptability and efficacy.

In 2022, Monson became the CEO and Founder of Nellie Health, a mental health start-up providing access to and training in a continuum of research-supported mental health treatments. It is a knowledge mobilization and commercialization enterprise of her program of evidence-based treatment research. Nellie Health is led by a team of clinical experts so the care that people receive is developed and overseen by the best.

Select Publications

• Resick, P. A.; Monson, C. M.: Chard, K. (2016). Cognitive processing therapy for PTSD: A comprehensive manual. Guilford Press.
• Monson, C. M.; Schnurr, P. P.; Resick, P. A.; Friedman, M. J.; Young-Xu, Y.; Stevens, S. P. (2006). Cognitive processing therapy for veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74(5), 898-907. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.898
• Resick, P. A.; Monson, C. M.; Chard, K. M. (2014). Cognitive processing therapy: Veteran/ military version: Therapist’s Manual. Department of Veterans’ Affairs. (Original work published 2008).
• Taft, C. T.; Watkins, L. E.; Stafford, J.; Street, A., E.; Monson, C. M. (2011). Posttraumatic stress disorder and intimate relationship problems: A meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(1), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022196
• Karlin, B. E.; Ruzek, J. I.; Chard, K. M.; Eftekhari, A.; Monson, C. M.; Hembree, E. A.; Resick, P. A.; Foa, E. B. (2010). Dissemination of evidence-based psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(6), 663-67. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20588
• Monson, C. M.; Taft, C. T.; Fredman, S. J. (2009). Military-related PTSD and intimate relationships: From description to theory-driven research and intervention development. Clinical Psychology Review, 29(8), 707-714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2009.09.002
• De Jongh, A.; Resick, P. A.; Zoellner, L. A.; Van Minnen, A.; Lee, C. W.; Monson, C. M.; . . . Bicanic, I. A. E. (2016). Critical analysis of the current treatment guidelines for complex PTSD in adults. Depression and Anxiety, 33, 359-369. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22469
• Monson, C. M.; Fredman, S. J.; Macdonald, A.; Pukay-Martin, N. D.; Resick, P. A.; Schnurr P. P. (2012). Effect of cognitive-behavioral couple therapy for PTSD: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 308(7), 700-709. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.9307
• Dekel, R.; Monson, C. M. (2010). Military-related posttraumatic stress disorder and family relations: Current knowledge and future directions. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 15(4), 303-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2010.03.001
• Monson, C. M.; Gradus, J. L.; Young-Xu, Y.; Schnurr, P. P.; Price, J. L.; Schumm, J. A. (2008). Change in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Do clinicians and patients agree? Psychological Assessment, 20(2), 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.131
• Resick, P. A.; Williams, L. F.; Suvak, M. K.; Monson, C. M.; Gradus, J. L. (2012). Long-term outcomes of cognitive-behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder among female rape survivors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(2), 201-210. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026602
• Iverson, K. M.; Gradus, J. L.; Resick, P. A.; Suvak, M. K.; Smith, K. F.; Monson, C. M. (2011). Cognitive–behavioral therapy for PTSD and depression symptoms reduces risk for future intimate partner violence among interpersonal trauma survivors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(2), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022512
• Galovski, T. E.; Monson, C. M.; Bruce, S. E.; Resick, P. A. (2009). Does cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD improve perceived health and sleep impairment? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22(3), 197-204. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20418
• Bisson, L. I.; Berliner, L.; Cloitre, M.; Forbes, D.; Jensen, T.; Lewis, C.; Monson, C. M.; Olff, M.; Pilling, S.; Riggs, D.; Roberts, N. P.; Shapiro, F. (2019). The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies new guidelines for the prevention and treatment of PTSD: Methodology and development process. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 32(4), 475-483. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22421
• Monson, C. M.; Schnurr, P. P.; Stevens, S. P.; Guthrie, K. A. (2004). Cognitive-behavioral couple's treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: Initial findings. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 17(4), 341-344. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOTS.0000038483.69570.5b
• Monson, C. M.; Fredman, S. J. (2012). Cognitive-behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: Harnessing the healing power of relationships. Guilford Press.
• Taft, C. T.; O’Farrell, T. J.; Torres, S.; Panuzio, J.; Monson, C. M.; Murphy, M.; Murphy, C. (2006). Examining the correlates of psychological aggression among a community sample of couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 20(4), 581-588. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.20.4.581
• Monson, C. M.; Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J.; Binderup. T. (2000). Does “no” really mean “no” after you say “yes”? Attributions about date and marital rape. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15(11), 1156-1174. https://doi.org/10.1177/088626000015011003
• Otis, J. D.; Keane, T. M.; Kerns, R. D.; Monson, C. M.; Scioli, E. (2009). The development of an integrated treatment for veterans with comorbid chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder. Pain Medicine, 10(7), 1300-1311. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00715.x
• Resick, P. A.; Monson, C. M.; LoSavio, S. L. (2017). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In W.E. Craighead, D. J. Miklowitz, & L. W. Craighead (Eds.), Psychopathology: History, diagnosis, and empirical foundations (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

Two of the books Monson has co-authored, CBCT for PTSD and CPT for PTSD.

External Links

• Candice Monson publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Candice Monson’s Website
• CPT Website
• CBCT for PTSD Website
• Couple HOPES Website
• IMPACT Lab Website
• Toronto Metropolitan University Website
• Nellie Health