Caitlin Chiupka is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Suffolk University in Boston, MA. Her primary research interests include the role of motivation and externalizing blame on treatment outcomes in OCD, as well as the impact of language and etiological conceptualization on mental illness stigma. She has held clinical practica positions at McLean Hospital's OCD Institute and Boston University's Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, and is currently completing a practicum placement at Victoria General Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Ms. Chiupka is mentored by Michael Suvak, Ph.D.