Dianne L Chambless

Dianne Lynn Chambless (February 26, 1948 – July 14, 2023) was an American clinical psychologist.

Early life and education Dianne Lynn Chambless was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on February 26, 1948. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Tulane University and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Temple University. While earning her PhD, she joined the Feminist Therapy Collective, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania part-time until 1976.

Career Upon earning her PhD, Chambless became an assistant professor at the University of Georgia from 1979 to 1982. She accepted a one-year visiting professorship at Temple University School of Medicine before earning a permanent position at American University. She left American University to become the William Leon Wylie Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). While at UNC, she became the co-director of their Anxiety Treatment Center and published Empirically supported psychological interventions: Controversies and evidence.

In 2001, Chambless left UNC to accept a full professor position at the University of Pennsylvania. and Adjunctive couple and family intervention for patients with anxiety disorders. In 2010, she received the Aaron T. Beck Award for Sustained and Enduring Contributions to Cognitive Therapy and later the Klaus-Grawe-Award for the Advancement of Innovative Research in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. A few years later, she was the recipient of the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies.

Death Chambless died of lung cancer on July 14, 2023, at the age of 75.