Dr. Danielle François (she/her) is the Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Training and a staff psychologist at CBC. She has extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for children and adolescents. Additionally, she is a certified Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) therapist. She has significant experience working with youth and young adults struggling with a wide range of difficulties, with particular expertise in treating anxiety and mood disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), difficulties of emerging adulthood, and high-risk behaviors, including suicidality, and self-harm. She also has expertise in working with parents of children, adolescents, and young adults.
Dr. François received her BA in Psychology from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. Before returning to school for graduate study, she worked for several years as a research assistant on a study examining brain function in adolescents with ADHD. She then received her Masters of Science in Psychology from Binghamton University – SUNY, where she was extensively trained in Applied Behavior Analysis and worked with youth with ASD. Dr. François then went on to earn her Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University – Post. For her doctoral dissertation, Dr. François created a measure of parent-child conflict over technology use.