About Allison Labbe, PhD
Dr. Allison Labbe is a licensed staff psychologist in the Behavioral Medicine Program and the West End Clinic (outpatient facility for adults with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders) in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her clinical specialties include the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to treat co-occurring substance use and mental health issues, especially among patients with medical illness.
Dr. Labbe received her doctorate in clinical health psychology from Syracuse University in 2012. She completed her pre- and post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital.
Clinical Interests:
- Behavioral health
- Mood disorders
- Substance use disorders
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Psychiatry
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-643-0382
Mass General Psychiatry: Behavioral Medicine Program
One Bowdoin Square
9th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-643-0382
Medical Education
- PhD, Syracuse University
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Behavioral Health
- WellSense
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Labbe's research interests are in developing and adapting cognitive-behavioral based interventions for application to patients with co-occurring substance use, mental health, and medical illness.
Publications
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Selected publications:
Labbe, AK, Johnson, DP, Lynch, T, Yeterian, JD, Kelly, JF. Cognitive behavioral approaches for the treatment of substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. In: S Sprich, TJ Peterson, S Wilhelm (Eds.), The MGH Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Springer. In Press
Labbe AK, Yeterian JD, Wilner J, Kelly JF. Cognitive and behavioral approaches for treating substance use disorders among behavioral medicine patients. In: AM Vranceanu, JA Greer, SA Safren (Eds)., The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Behavioral Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Springer. 2016: 65-89.
Labbe AK, Wilner JG, Coleman JN, Marquez SM, Kosiba JD, Zvolensky MJ, Smits JA, Norton PJ, Rosenfield D, O?Cleirigh C. A qualitative study of the feasibility and acceptability of a smoking cessation program for people living with HIV and emotional dysregulation. AIDS Care. 2019; 31(5): 609-615.