Dr. Schmid is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UIC, and Cognitive Therapist certified by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. As a member of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, she provides cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based therapy for depression, stress, and anxiety disorders including obsessive compulsive disorder. She is also devoted to teaching, mentoring, and clinical supervision of clinical psychology interns, psychiatry residents, and medical students.

Dr. Schmid’s research focus is on dimensional conceptualizations of anxiety and depression symptoms and their implications for assessment and treatment. She recently completed a study on treatment effects of pharmacotherapy versus cognitive behavioral therapy on positive and negative affect dimensions in depressed individuals. Current studies primarily investigate attention and other cognitive processes (e.g., perception of emotion faces) associated with social anxiety disorder and depression.

Dr. Schmid obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University, performed her clinical internship at the University of Chicago, and completed a post-doctoral clinical research fellowship at the Psychopathology Research Unit and the Center for Cognitive Therapy of the University of Pennsylvania.