Anthony Joseph Urquiza, Ph.D.
Clinical Interests
Anthony Joseph Urquiza specializes in the medical evaluation, psychological assessment and
treatment of abused and neglected children, and is Director of the CAARE Center. His extensive
clinical experience includes individual and group therapy for children and adults, family and
marital therapy, and parent training. His research addresses family violence, including treatment
approaches for physically abusive families, sexually abused children, and survivors of childhood
sexual abuse; and psychodiagnostic issues related to child mistreatment. He is also Director of the
PCIT Training Center-a program whose mission is to disseminate parent-child interaction therapy
to community mental heath treatment programs around the world.
Title
Clinical Professor
Director, CAARE Center
Director-PCIT Training Center
Specialty
Department
Division
Center/Program Affiliation
Pediatric Psychology
Pediatrics
Child Protection Center
CAARE Center
Center for Healthcare Policy and Research
UC Davis Children's Hospital
Address/Phone
CAARE Diagnostic and Treatment Center, 3671 Business Drive Sacramento, CA 95820
Phone: 916-734-8396
Additional Phone
Education
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1988
B.A.|M.S., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1983-1987
Internships
Honors and Awards
Primary Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1987-88
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children – William Friedrich Memorial, 2011
California Governors Office of Criminal Justice Planning – Recognition, 2003
U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - Recognition, 2002
Recognition of Achievement – Yolo County Board of Supervisors, 2002
Third Annual PCIT Sheila Eyberg Award – Merit Award, 2002
Anthony Joseph Urquiza, Ph.D.
Select Recent Publications
Runyon, M., Urquiza, A.J. Treatment of physically abused children and their families. In: J.E.B.
Myers, L. Berliner, J. Briere, C.T. Hendrix, C. Jenny, T. Reid (Eds.), The APSAC handbook of child
maltreatment (3rd ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2010
Timmer, S.G., Ware, L., Urquiza, A. The effectiveness of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for
victims of interparental violence. Violence Against Women, 2010: 25(4), 486-503
Timmer, S.G., Zebell, N., Culver, Urquiza, A.J. Efficacy of Adjunct In-Home Coaching to Improve
Outcomes in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Research on Social Work Practice, 2009:20(1), 3645.
Urquiza, A.J. The future of play therapy: Elevating credibility through play therapy research.
International Journal of Play Therapy, 2009:19 (1), 4-12.
Urquiza, A.J., Zebell, N., Blacker, D. Innovation and Integration: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
as Play Therapy. In Athena Drewes (Ed.), Cognitive-behavioral therapy approaches to play therapy.
Wiley Sons: New York. 2009
Herschel, A., McNeil, C.B., Urquiza, A.J., McGrath, J., Zebell, N., Timmer, S.G., Porter, A.
Evaluation of a treatment manual and workshops for disseminating, Parent-Child Interaction
Therapy. Administration and Policy in Mental Health Services Research, 2009:36(1), 63-81.
Ogle, C., Augusti, E.M., Block, S., Culver, S., Harris, L., Timmer, S.G., Urquiza, A.J., Goodman, G.
S. Accuracy and specificity of autobiographical memory in childhood trauma victims:
Developmental considerations. In M. Howe, G.S. Goodman, and D. Cicchetti (Eds.), Trauma and
memory development. Oxford University Press: New York, NY. 2008
Kalich, L., Carmichael, B.D., Masson, T., Blacker, D., Urquiza, A.J. Evaluating the evaluator:
Guidelines for legal professionals in assessing the competency of evaluations in termination of
parental rights cases. The Journal of Psychiatry and the Law, 2007: 35, 365-397.
Urquiza, A.J., Porter, A., Ceremello, T. Competence and certification of PCIT therapists. PCIT
Pages, Winter, 2007.
Borrego, J., Anhalt, K., Terao, S.Y., Vargas E., Urquiza, A.J. Parent-child interaction therapy with a
Spanish-speaking family. Cognitive Behavioral Practice 2006:13(2), 121-133.
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