Dr. Allie Keller, Ph.D., is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist at the Boston Child Study Center. She conducts comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults referred for a wide range of learning, attention, and social–emotional concerns. She has particular expertise in complex ADHD profiles, co-occurring emotional challenges, and the differential diagnosis of autism. In addition to assessment, she provides cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and other evidence-based treatments for youth and their families.
Dr. Keller received her B.S. in Biology from Cornell University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Boston University. Her graduate training included extensive experience in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders through the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD). She also trained as a pre-doctoral extern in the Pediatric Neuropsychology Program at Brown University/Hasbro Hospital, where she conducted neuropsychological evaluations for children with developmental and complex medical conditions.
Her clinical training continued at Beth Israel Hospital’s Center for Early Detection, Assessment, and Response to Risk (CEDAR), where she worked with adolescents at risk for psychosis. At Boston University, she helped launch a behavioral medicine clinic focused on children with chronic pain and gastrointestinal concerns. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Keller’s research and clinical interests center on how a child’s thinking and learning profile can guide more effective intervention. She is passionate about helping families understand how their child learns, and how that knowledge can be used to support emotional well-being, school success, and daily functioning. Her dissertation examined the relationship between children’s anxiety and their performance on neuropsychological tests—insights she uses routinely in her own practice to help children feel comfortable, confident, and engaged during evaluation. She has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on pediatric anxiety, tic disorders, psychosis-risk screening, integrated primary care, and chronic pain.
Outside of her work at BCSC, Dr. Keller is deeply committed to expanding access to high-quality evidence-based care. She supervises a doctoral training program in integrated primary care at Boston Community Pediatrics (BCP), a local pediatric nonprofit, helping children receive high-quality mental health support within their primary care environment. She also instructs a seminar on cognitive behavioral therapy to doctoral trainees at Cambridge Health Alliance.