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Psychology - Daniel W. McNeil, PhD
Eberly Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology

Matthew C. Arias

Matthew C. Arias   

Matthew Arias moved from Southern California and entered the clinical psychology graduate training program in Fall of 2014. With specific interests in anxiety, pain, and fear, his broad focus is on health psychology and improving access/range of treatments. He has been advanced to doctoral candidacy, and completed a master’s thesis project examining exposure delivered by smartphone. He is currently working on his dissertation examining patient preferences for exposure therapy in order to improve adoption of treatment. Matthew has taught Psych 101 (Introduction for Psychology), worked as a graduate student therapist in the Quin Curtis Center, and provided therapy to residents living at Hopemont Hospital. Matthew is currently conducting neuropsychological assessments at Neuropsychology Group of West Virginia. He enjoys being outdoors, which includes road cycling, hiking, and rock climbing. He also has a growing interest in computer coding.