Kelly Soberay, Ph.D.

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Lecturer
Bachelor's in Psychology Program
kelly.soberay@ucdenver.edu

Mailing Address:
Department of Psychology 
Campus Box 173, PO Box 173364 
Denver, CO 80217-3364

 

Office Hours:
​By appointment

Expertise Areas:
Health psychology; suicide prevention and intervention; dissemination and implementation science

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Colorado Denver, 2021
M.A., Counseling Psychology, University of Denver, 2010
B.A., Psychology and Criminal Justice, University of Dayton, 2005  

Dr. Kelly Soberay (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Lecturer with the University of Colorado Denver Psychology Department. She completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship with the VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, in the Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) track. Her professional interests include improving access to affirmative and supportive care to Veterans and service members, individuals adjusting to chronic health conditions, and clinically high-risk individuals.

  1. Soberay, K.A., Cerel, J., Brown, M., & Maple, M. (2022). An examination of suicide exposure and fearlessness about death on suicide risk among active duty Service Members, Veterans, and civilians. Archives of Suicide Research, 26(3), 1198-1218.
  2. Comtois, K.A., DeCou, C.R., Landes, S.J., Brown, G.K., Soberay, K.A., Pierson, A.K., Plant, E.A., Gutierrez, P.M., & Joiner, T.E. (2021). Dissemination and Implementation of Suicide Research in the Department of Defense: Perspective from the Military Suicide Research Consortium. Military Behavioral Health, 9(1), 69-77.
  3. Gai, A.R., Ringer, F., Schafer, K., Dougherty, S., Schneider, M., Soberay, K.A., Gutierrez, P.M., Joiner, T.E., Comtois, K.A., & Plant, E.A. (2021). The Nature and Structure of the Military Suicide Research Consortium's Common Data Elements. Military Behavioral Health, 9(2). 129-138.
  4. Soberay, K.A., Plant, E.A., Hanson, J.E., Dwyer, M., & Gutierrez, P.M. (2019). Improving Military Readiness and Reducing Suicide Risk: The Role Between Positive TBI Screens, Severe Insomnia, and Suicidal Outcomes. Military Behavioral Health, 7(4), 448-458.
  5. Soberay, K.A., Hanson, J.E., Dwyer, M., Plant, E.A., & Gutierrez, P.M. (2019). The Relationship between Suicidal Responses and Traumatic Brain Injury and Severe Insomnia in Active Duty, Veteran, and Civilian Populations. Archives of Suicide Research, 23(3), 391-410.
  6. Monteith, L.L., Gerber, H.R., Brownstone, L.M., Soberay, K.A., & Bahraini, N.H. (2018). The Phenomenology of Military Sexual Trauma among Male Veterans. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20(1), 115-127. doi: 10.1037/men0000153.
  7. Monteith, L.L., Brownstone, L.M., Gerber, H.R., Soberay, K.A., & Bahraini, N.H. (2018). Understanding Suicidal Self-Directed Violence among Male Veterans Exposed to Military Sexual Trauma: An Ecological Framework, Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20(1), 23-35. doi.org/10.1037/men0000141
  8. Ringer, F.B., Soberay, K.A., Rogers, M.L., Hagan, C.R., Chu, C., Schneider, M., Podlogar, M., Witte, T., Holm-Denoma, J., Plant, E.A., Gutierrez, P.M., & Joiner, T.E. (2018). Initial Validation of Brief Measures of Suicide Risk Factors: Common Data Elements Used by the Military Suicide Research Consortium. Psychological Assessment, 30 (6), 767-778.
  9. Brenner, L.A., Hostetter, T.A., Barnes, S.M., Stearns-Yoder, K.A., Soberay, K.A., & Forster, J.E. (2017). Traumatic Brain Injury, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Suicide Risk among Veterans Seeking Services related to Homelessness. Brain Injury, 1-5.
  10. Monteith, L.L., Bahraini, N.H., Matarazzo, B.B., Gerber, H., Soberay, K.A., & Forster, J.E. (2016). The influence of gender on suicidal ideation following military sexual trauma among veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Psychiatry Research,244, 257-265. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.036
  11. Monteith, L.L., Bahraini, N.B., Matarazzo, B.B., Soberay, K.A., & Smith, C.P. (2016). Perceptions of institutional betrayal predict suicidal self-directed violence among veterans exposed to military sexual trauma. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 72(7), 743-755. doi:10.1002/jclp.22292
  12. Anestis, M.D., Soberay, K.A., Gutierrez, P.M., Hernández, T.D., & Joiner, T.E. Jr. (2014). Reconsidering the link between impulsivity and suicidal behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 18, 366-386.
  13. Matarazzo B.B., Barnes, S.M., Pease, J.L., Russell, L.M., Hanson, J.E., Soberay, K.A., & Gutierrez, P.M. (2014). Suicide risk among lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgendered military personnel and veterans: What does the literature tell us? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 44, 200-217.

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