Mollie Shin earned her PhD in Clinical Health Psychology from the University of Colorado Denver in 2025. She completed her APA accredited internship at the San Francisco VA Medical center and is currently the Women’s Mental Health and Trauma post-doctoral fellow at the SFVA.
Publications
Shin, M. E., & Misca, G. (2025). Interventions to support parenting in military and veteran families: The state of play. Family Court Review, 63(4), 575-600.
Creech, S. K., Pulverman, C. S., Shin, M. E., Roe, K. T., Tzilos Wernette, G., Orchowski, L. M., Kahler, C. W., Shea, M. T., & Zlotnick, C. (2020). An open trial to test acceptability and feasibility of a computerized intervention for women veterans with sexual trauma histories seeking primary care treatment. Violence Against Women, 00(0), 1-18. doi: 10.1177/1077801219895102
Presentations
Shin, M. E., Allen, E. S., Knopp, K., Markman, H., & Stanley, S. (2024, November). Risk of Divorce Among a Sample of U.S. Military Couples: Examining Marital Processes, SM Mental Health, and Military Experiences Over Time. In D. Crasta (Chair), Learning from Risk Studies in Military and Veteran Couples: Embracing Complexity Across Levels of Care. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.
Brennan, J. M., Shin, M. E., Sinha, S., Boot-Haury, J. & Joseph, K. (2024, November). Queering a Caring Cosmology: Improving Interpersonal Health and Social Connection for LGBTQ+ and Consensually Non-Monogamous Veterans. In K. Rashkovsky & E.A. Rosenfeld (Chairs), Do Ask, Do Tell: Strategies for Improving mental Health for Sexual and Gender Minority Military Veterans. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.
Shin, M. E. & Allen, E.S. (2023, November). Comparing Family Outcomes by Phases of the Deployment Cycle in a Sample of U.S. Military Couples. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Seattle, WA.
Shin, M. E. (Chair) The Role of Sexual identity, Race, and Income on Individual and Relationship Functioning. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Seattle, WA.
Shin, M. E., Allen, E. S., Knopp, K., Markman, H., & Stanley, S. (2022, November). Interaction of service member PTSD symptoms and couple dedication as a predictor of longitudinal marital outcomes. In C. Petit & M. E. Shin (Chairs), Couple functioning in the face of internal and external relationship threats. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New York, NY.
Shin, M. E., Allen, E. S., Knopp, K., Rhoades, G., Markman, H., & Stanley, S. (2021, November). Examining time to divorce: The influence of military experiences and service member mental health among a sample of U.S. Army couples. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New Orleans, LA.
Shin, M. E. & Allen, E. S. (2020, November). Direct and indirect associations between adverse childhood events, PTSD, alcohol misuse, and intimate partner violence in a sample of U.S. military couples. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.
Shin, M. E., Bennett, M. R., Roe, K. T., D’Aoust, N. M., Tzilos Wernette, G., Orchowski, L. M., Kahler, C. W., Shea, M. T., Pulverman, C. S., Creech, S. K., & Zlotnick, C. (2019, November). Associations between MST, hazardous drinking, IPV, and PTSD in a sample of women veterans presenting to VA primary care. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Atlanta, GA.
Shin, M. E., Bennett, M. R., Roe, K. T., D’Aoust, N. M., Tzilos Wernette, G., Orchowski, L. M., Kahler, C. W., Shea, M. T., Pulverman, C. S., Zlotnick, C. & Creech, S. K. (2019, November). Associations between military sexual trauma, current IPV, and PTSD in a sample of women veterans presenting to VA primary care. In C. T. Mahoney (Chair), Psychosocial and mental health sequelae of intimate partner violence: Implications for clinical care & prevention efforts. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
Pulverman, C. S., Creech, S. K., Shin, M. E., Roe, K. T., Tzilos Wernette, G., Orchowski, L. M., Kahler, C. W., Shea, M. T. & Zlotnick, C. (2018, November). Addressing the impact of sexual trauma on women veterans: Feasibility and acceptability of a computerized intervention for primary care. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Washington D.C
Shin, M. E., & Creech, S. K. (2017, May). An examination of alcohol, depression, and quality of marriage as predictors of family functioning in a sample of U.S. veterans. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Boston, MA.