Jacob Holzman, PhD, MA, BS

Research Interests

My research interests focus on how children and parents affect each other as well as ways to improve early childhood interventions. I investigate how difficulties with self-regulation (e.g., emotion regulation, executive functioning) and adverse social determinants of health (e.g., experiencing poverty, crowded housing, inaccessible healthcare) affect responses to early childhood mental health interventions. My current projects focus on identifying factors impeding benefits to brief, scalable, and accessible parenting interventions and adaptations needed to improve the effectiveness of these interventions for both young children in their caregivers.

Publications

• Hawks, J. L., Kennedy, S. M., Holzman, J. B. W., & Ehrenreich-May, J (2019). Development and application of an innovative treatment approach for children with irritability. Behavior Therapy. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2019.07.004
• Crouch, J. L., Davila, A., Holzman, J. B., Rutledge, E., Bridgett, D. J., Skowronski, J. J., & Milner, J. S. (2019). Perceived executive functioning in parents at risk for child physical abuse. Interpersonal Violence, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/0886260519851185
• Hunter, S. K., Freedman, R., Law, A. J., Christians, U., Holzman, J. B.W., Johnson, Z., & Hoffman, M. C. (2021). Maternal corticosteroids and depression during gestation and decreased fetal heart rate variability. NeuroReport, doi: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001711
• Holzman, J. B. W., Kennedy, S. M., Grassie, H. L., & Ehrenreich-May, J. (2022). Associations between dispositional parental emotional regulation and youth mental health symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 102174, doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102174
• Stargel, L. E., Lewis, T., LaBrenz, C. A., & Holzman, J. B. W (2022). Predicting children’s differential trajectories of emotion dysregulation: A study on the intergenerational transmission of child and caregiver maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 132, doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022
• Glover, J., Lynn, C., Holzman, J. B. W., Germone, M., & Talmi, A. (2022). Working toward socially responsive recruitment practices of psychology interns in an academic medical center. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 47, 1110-1124. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac063
• Holzman, J. B. W. (2022). Screening, Prevention, and Early Intervention of Early Childhood Mental Health Concerns in a Primary Care Setting. NewsNow.
• Holzman JBW, Hawks JL, Kennedy SM, Anthony BJ, Anthony LG. Parenting in a Pandemic: Preliminary Support for Delivering Brief Behavioral Parent Training Through Telehealth. Behav Modif. 2023 Jan;47(1):128-153. PubMed PMID: 35707864
• Mullin BC, Holzman JBW, Pyle L, Perks EL, Chintaluru Y, Gulley LD, Haraden DA, Hankin BL. Relationships between attention to emotion and anxiety among a community sample of adolescents. Psychol Med. 2022 Jun;52(8):1548-1559. PubMed PMID: 33641686
• Holzman JB, Bridgett DJ. Heart rate variability indices as bio-markers of top-down self-regulatory mechanisms: A meta-analytic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017 Mar;74(Pt A):233-255. PubMed PMID: 28057463
• Holzman JB, Burt NM, Edwards ES, Rosinski LD, Bridgett DJ. Negative (but not Positive) Parenting Interacts with Infant Negative Affect to Predict Infant Approach: Evidence of Diathesis-Stress. Infancy. 2018 May-Jun;23(3):471-480. PubMed PMID: 29731696
• Holzman, J.B.W. Stop, Focus, Plan, and Change: Predicting Parent and Child Responses to a Brief, Telehealth Parent Training. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06505980. Updated December 3, 2024. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06505980

Professional Memberships

• Society for Research in Child Development, Member
• Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Member
• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

CU Psychiatry - Student and Resident Mental Health  
1890 N Revere Ct
Anschutz Health Sciences Bldg, Suite 5040
Aurora, CO 80045
303-724-4716

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapist, International Certificate (2018)

Conditions & Treatments

• Mental Health and Behavior
• Mental Health and Behavior - Anxiety
• Mental Health and Behavior - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Mental Health and Behavior - Depression
• Mental Health and Behavior - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Mental Health and Behavior - Stress
• Mental Health and Behavior - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Mental Health and Behavior - Panic Disorder
• Child and Teen Health - Parenting
• Child and Teen Health
• Child and Teen Health - Infant and Toddler Health