Kelly Nicole Banneyer, PhD

Dr. Banneyer is currently an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Section within the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). As an English-Spanish dual language health care provider, she aims to deliver evidence-based outpatient services to diverse youth in the Houston area. When working with children, she emphasizes a family-based approach to treatment.

Clinical Interests:

Dr. Banneyer is a psychologist within the Obsessive-Compulsive and Anxiety Disorders Program. Her areas of specialty including working with preschoolers, children, and adolescents struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety, selective mutism, separation anxiety, specific phobias, and generalized anxiety. She also specializes in working with young children whose anxiety presents as disruptive behavior. Dr. Banneyer uses evidence-based intervention, primarily exposure-based cognitive behavior therapy (ERP+CBT) and parent management training (PMT) in her work with children and their families.

Research Interests:

In line with her clinical interests, Dr. Banneyer aims to research and disseminate factors to enhance exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy. Her current research projects include the investigation of the role of anxiety in families and the development of a brief intervention to treat anxiety in preschool-age children.