Alaina Baker, PsyD
Dr. Alaina Baker is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Youth & Family Gender Identity Program at the Boston Child Study Center. She provides direct patient care in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for adolescents and young adults with PTSD, complex trauma, co-occurring suicidal behaviors and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). She provides gender-affirming care to LGBTQIA+ […]
Eric Benson, PhD, BCBA
Dr. Eric R. Benson is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of Clinical Outreach at the Boston Child Study Center. Prior to coming to the Boston Child Study Center, Dr. Benson had worked in a variety of school and hospital settings. These positions have included working as the Staff Psychologist for the McLean/Franciscan Child […]
Ariel Berman, PhD
Ariel Berman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at the Boston Child Study Center offering evidence-based treatment to children, adolescents, and their caregivers. Ariel provides dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for children and adolescents facing emotional dysregulation and a range of mood and behavior difficulties, Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Trauma Focused CBT (TF-CBT), and evidence-based group […]
Cayley Bliss, MA
Cayley Bliss (she / her) is a clinical extern at the Boston Child Study Center, where she provides supervised direct patient care to children, adolescents, and their families, specializing in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Clinical Psychology and a Master of Arts in Counseling Theories from Boston College. […]
Danna Bismar, PhD
Danna Bismar, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist at the Boston Child Study Center. Dr. Bismar earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Biology at Southern Methodist University and her Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at the University of North Texas. She completed her pre-doctoral internship in the Child/Adolescent Track at Rutgers […]
Jill Bloom, PhD
Dr. Jill Bloom is a licensed clinical psychologist and Senior Expert in DBT Family Therapy at the Boston Child Study Center. She has extensive experience in providing evidence-based treatment to adolescents, young adults, parents, and families. She specializes in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, PTSD, and emotion dysregulation using cognitive behavior therapy and dialectical behavior […]
Dana Borkum, PsyD
Dr. Dana Borkum, Psy.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at the Boston Child Study Center where she provides individual, family, and group therapy services for children and adolescents with difficulties in emotion regulation, mood and anxiety disorders, complex trauma, and co-occurring suicidal behaviors and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). Dr. Borkum earned her B.S. in Psychology from […]
Pamela Buck, PhD
Dr. Pam Buck is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Boston Child Study Center, where she provides evidence-based treatments to young adults and families with mood and anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, trauma-related disorders, substance use and eating disorders, attention-related difficulties and personality disorders. She provides CBT, DBT, […]
Debra Bunce, PhD
Dr. Debra Bunce is a licensed clinical psychologist and senior clinician at Boston Child Study Center – Maine. She works with children, adolescents, young adults, and families and specializes in the treatment of anxiety, mood, and simple and complex trauma. Dr. Bunce provides evidence-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT and DBT-PTSD), Attachment, […]
Bianka Charity-Parker, PhD
Dr. Bianka Charity-Parker is a part-time psychologist at the Boston Child Study Center. She specializes in evidence-based treatments, notably Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and primarily treats children, adolescents, and young adults with difficulties in emotion regulation, mood, and anxiety disorders, trauma-related symptoms, and co-occurring suicidal behaviors and non-suicidal self-injury. She also finds additional interest in […]