Caroline Boxmeyer, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and associate dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs for the College of Community Health Sciences. She oversees the College’s academic and faculty development programs, and provides behavioral health training to family medicine residents, fellows, medical students and rural medical scholars. Boxmeyer provides direct psychological services in the Betty Shirley Clinic at University Medical Center, which the College operates. She is also a core faculty member with The University of Alabama’s Center for Youth Development and Intervention.
Boxmeyer received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Princeton University, magna cum laude, and a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, San Diego. She completed a two-year pre-doctoral internship at the National Institute of Mental Health and a clinical psychology internship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Boxmeyer’s federally-funded research focuses on developing, testing and disseminating preventive interventions that support children’s social-emotional development and family well-being. She is a master trainer in the Coping Power program for at-risk youth. She co-developed the Mindful Coping Power program, which integrates mindfulness and cognitive behavioral treatment approaches for children and parents, as well as the Power PATH social emotional learning program for parents of preschoolers. Boxmeyer also examines the benefits of nature exposure on children and families and has completed specialty training in children’s nature-based learning.
Select recent publications:
- Lochman, J.E., Laird, R.D., McDaniel, H.L., Boxmeyer, C.L., Braun, S.S., Powell, N.P., & Qu, L. (2024). Intervention Format and Therapist-Child Agreement Influences Therapeutic Alliance Effects on Outcomes. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology. 92(1), 26-43. View Here
- Boxmeyer, C. L., Stager, C. G., Miller, S., Lochman, J. E., Romero, D. E., Powell, N. P., Bui, C., & Qu, L. (2023). Mindful Coping Power effects on children’s autonomic nervous system functioning and long-term behavioral outcomes. Journal of Clinical Medicine. View Here
- Boxmeyer, C.L., Miller, S., Lochman, J.E., Romero, D., & Jones, S. (2022). Features of reactive aggression and use of Mindful Coping Power. In C. Martin, V.R. Preedy, & V. B. Patel (eds.), The Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence: Causes, Pathology and Treatments. Springer Nature. View Here
- Boxmeyer, C., Miller, S., Romero, D., Powell, N., Jones, S., Qu, L., Tueller, S., & Lochman,J (2021).Mindful Coping Power: Comparative effects on children’s reactive aggression and self-regulation. Brain Sciences, 11, 1119. View Here
- Lochman, J.E., Boxmeyer, C. L., Bui, C., Hakim, S. A., Jones, S., Kassing, F., McDonald, K., Powell, N., Qu, L., & Dishion, T. (2021). Substance use outcomes from two formats of cognitive-behavioral intervention for aggressive children: Moderating roles of inhibitory control and intervention engagement. Brain Sciences, 11, 950. View Here
- Miller, S., Boxmeyer, C., Romero, D., Powell, N., Jones, S., & Lochman, J. (2020). Theoretical model of Mindful Coping Power: Optimizing a cognitive behavioral program for high risk children and their parents by integrating mindfulness. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. View Here