About Me
As a clinical psychologist, I work with patients of all ages presenting a wide range of concerns including chronic pain, anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, eating/weight concerns, diabetes, asthma and cardiovascular disease.
My goal is to partner with patients and empower them to pursue their values and health goals. I use evidence-based approaches to care such as acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, parent-child interaction therapy, prolonged exposure therapy and integrative behavioral couple therapy.
My areas of interest include primary care behavioral integration, interdisciplinary chronic pain rehabilitation programs, evidence-based treatments for behaviorally influenced conditions and acceptance and commitment therapy for a broad range of clinical problems.
My favorite part about working at Ohio State is the ability to treat a variety of diseases and conditions, as well as teach residents and fellows. I appreciate the opportunities for program development and hope to continue developing and implementing models of integrated care.
When I’m not working I enjoy traveling, doing yoga, dancing (ballet, tap, jazz), wine tasting and ambling in the woods with my husband, nieces and nephews.
Highlights
- Served as Director of Pain Management Service at the Cincinnati VA and helped to improve quality of care by establishing new integrated care services and implementing collaborative initiatives with accountability measures
- Serve as a national/international consultant and trainer for acceptance and commitment therapy, a type of evidence-based psychotherapy
- My research focuses on understanding how social-contextual factors and individual psychological processes can contribute to various forms of human suffering and resiliency. My colleagues and I developed questionnaires to assess mindfulness and related processes
Procedures and Conditions I Treat
- Primary Care
- Women's Health
- Psychology, Clinical
- Anxiety
- Pediatrics
- Family Practice
- Pain Management
- Depression
- Mind-Body Therapies
- Health Promotion
- Behavioral Medicine
- Disease Management
Education and Training
Education History
Doctorate
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Ph.D.
8/1/1998 - 8/30/2003
Internship
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Ph.D.
7/1/2002 - 7/31/2003
Academic Information
My Department
Family Medicine
Consulting and Related Relationships
At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, we support a faculty member’s research and consulting in collaboration with medical device, research and/or drug companies because a faculty member’s expertise can guide important advancements in the practice of medicine and improve patient care. In order to provide effective management of these relationships, the University requires annual disclosures from all faculty members with external interests related to their University responsibilities.
As of 11/01/2020, Dr. Greco has reported no relationships with companies or entities.
