Biography
Oliver is a second-year graduate student in the clinical psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Memphis. Oliver grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he trained and competed internationally as a ballroom dancer. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in psychology from the University of Louisville, he continued his work as a post-baccalaureate research assistant and study coordinator in the Child Anxiety and Mood Lab. Additionally, Oliver worked at a community mental health agency in Louisville, providing IOP school- and home-based adjunctive therapeutic support to children and adolescents in crisis. His primary research interest involves adapting evidence-based suicide-specific interventions for use with adolescent populations.
Research
Publications:
Rudd, M. D., & Kratholm, O. (2026). BCBT+ as a suicide specific treatment add-on. Practice
Innovations. Advance online publication.
Rudd, M. D., Kratholm, O., Whelan, J. P., Ginley, M. K., Pérez-Muñoz, A., Gleason, V. L., Tuna, B., & Tempchin, J. (2026). Use of the brief suicide cognitions scale as a screening tool to identify latent risk in a gambling clinic sample. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17, 1736329.
Rudd, M. D., Kratholm, O., Gleason, V. L., Pérez-Muñoz, A., & Ramos, F. (2026) Differentiating Crisis Response Planning from the Safety Planning Intervention: Implications for Clinical Care with Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Individuals. [Manuscript submitted for review]
Rudd, M. D., Wine, M., Pedler, R., Gleason, V. L., Kratholm, O., Tempchin, J., Goncalves, V., & Bryan, C. J. (2026). Acceptability, Feasibility, Usability and Safety of a Self-Directed Digital Therapeutic to Prevent Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors in an Integrated Military Healthcare System [Manuscript submitted for review].
Kratholm, O., Isaac, A. J., D’Anna-Hernandez, K., Acedo, G. R., Gemmell N., Dougherty, L. R., & Bufferd, S. J. (2026). Preschool-aged children's hair cortisol and observed parent-child interactions [Manuscript submitted for review].
Presentations:
Isaac, A. J., Kratholm, O., D’Anna-Hernandez, K., & Bufferd, S. J. (2024, May 23-26). Preschool-aged children's hair cortisol and observed parent-child interactions. [Poster presentation]. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, United States.