I am interested in disseminating evidence-based treatments to community settings for low-income, minority children with anxiety disorders and depression. I’m also interested in optimizing interventions by identifying cognitive, emotional, and neural predictors of treatment outcome.

I am interested in studying self-determination, agency, decision-making, and motivation in autistic young adults as they transition to adulthood. I particularly hope to focus on adapting and enhancing supports for autistic young adults working toward improving their unique independence goals. I am excited to be working with Dr. Brendan Rich and Dr. Sandra Barrueco in the creation of CASP (Catholic University’s Autism Support Program). I have also received an NSF GRFP to study the role of forward thinking in agentic cognition. 

I am interested in studying interventions designed to support children and young adults with developmental and internalizing disorders. I am particularly interested in co-occurring disorders and learning how interventions can be adapted to address a multitude of symptoms simultaneously. 

I am interested in the role of parental structure and familial disruption in the (mal)development of inhibitory control, externalization, and self-regulation. Ultimately, I hope to research and develop interventions to attenuate some of the behavioral inhibitions that often accompany paternal deprivation. 

My primary interest is developing community-based interventions that address the unique needs of high-risk children and their families. I am passionate about working directly with marginalized and minority populations. Helping children face mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, and difficulty with social interactions. Implementing targeted treatments that significantly improve their overall well-being and integration into their community without risk-taking behaviors. In particular, I want to find ways to make interventions more accessible to children and young adults in impoverished areas.  

I am deeply passionate about supporting maltreated and atypically developing children—particularly those with ASD—from understudied populations by designing, assessing, and implementing interventions. As an aspiring mental health worker, I am also eager to assist youth in need by observing and furthering the efficacy of group therapy. Most of all, I hope to explore the intersectionality of child maltreatment and atypical development in children, the efficacy of CBT and art-related therapies, and make treatments more accessible to underserved communities. 

I am a senior, undergraduate student interested in creating new, enhancing preexisting, and combining a range of comprehensive individualized coping mechanisms in children and adolescents with depression, bipolar disorders, and PTSD. I am also eager to explore ways to integrate preventative mental health care into daily life, schools, counseling centers, and homes by optimizing underutilized methods such as nutrition, art therapy, movement therapy, mindfulness training, and sports training.  

I am a senior undergraduate student at Catholic University. I am interested in becoming a therapist mainly for children and adolescents. I am excited to learn more about effective methods and coping strategies that can be used to help those living with psychological disorders.   

I am a sophomore who hopes to become a child clinical psychologist. My career aspirations include: wanting to help children who have a psychological disorder, and help prevent those who are at risk from developing such disorders.   

I am a senior psychology BA major aspiring to go into child clinical psychology. I am very interested in researching how anxiety disorders manifest in children, how their symptoms differ from adult anxiety disorders, and effective interventions for treating childhood anxiety disorders.   

I am a junior aspiring to become a clinical child psychologist! I'm primarily interested in how mental disorders manifest themselves within an individual and how psychologists can help these individuals establish healthy coping mechanisms.