Stephanie Krauthamer Ewing

Stephanie Krauthamer Ewing, PhD, MPH, is a clinical and developmental psychologist. Her research focuses on healthy emotional development in childhood and adolescence and the impact of caregiving and attachment relationships on emotional development and well-being. Much of her research explores parenting approaches and the various influences on parenting. She has a particular interest in studying these relationships within racial and ethnic minority families and families coping with poverty and marginalization. Finally, her program of research focuses on translating knowledge from basic scientific research into clinical intervention and prevention programs that can effect change at both individual and systemic levels. Together with mentors and colleagues from the University of Delaware, she contributed to the development and testing of “The Emotions Course for Children,” an emotions-based prevention program for preschool children. Ewing was also a co-investigator on Family Safety Net 2, an NIMH funded clinical trial investigating the efficacy of Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) vs. Individual Supportive Therapy for adolescents struggling with depression and suicide risk. Through current NIMH research support, she continues to work to identify risk and protective factors in youth at risk for depression and suicide.