Dr. Lianna Wilson is a licensed clinical psychologist. She provides evidence-based treatments for a wide range of anxiety, mood, and disruptive behavior disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as provides support and skills to their families. Dr. Wilson completed her undergraduate degree at Wellesley College with her B.A. in psychology and Latin. After completing her M.A. in psychology at Boston University, Dr. Wilson received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Judge Baker Children’s Center in the Center for Effective Child Therapy.
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Dr. Wilson has gained significant clinical experience in treating a variety of mental health challenges and has worked extensively with children and their families, adolescents, and adults using a range of evidence-based treatments, including behavioral parent training, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT), child-parent psychotherapy (CPP), and comprehensive behavioral therapy for tics (CBIT). She is currently in the process of developing Guiding the Understanding and Identification of Difficult Emotions (GUIDE) protocol, a modular treatment intended to enhance families' ability to effectively guide children in learning about, labeling, and experiencing challenging emotions.
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She is a Certified Therapist in both MATCH-ADTC (modular approach to therapy for children with anxiety, depression, trauma, conduct problems) as well as PCIT through PCIT International. She is clinically trained in treatment adaptations of PCIT for anxiety (PCIT-CALM) and Selective Mutism (PCIT-SM) as well as experience with PCIT for emotion coaching and emotional development (PCIT-ED). Dr. Wilson also works with older children with SM using cognitive behavioral therapy, exposures, and parent coaching. In addition, Dr. Wilson has substantial experience consulting with schools and teachers regarding internalizing and externalizing concerns, with training in Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT). During her doctoral internship at Community Healthlink – Youth and Family Services, she provided behavioral health consultation and training for families and educators around Central Massachusetts as part of the Together For Kids (TFK) Program, funded by the Department of Early Education and Care’s (EEC) Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Grant.
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Dr. Wilson’s research has focused on the structure and implementation of treatments for externalizing behaviors, including investigating symptom changes related to participation in a modified multi-family DBT group for children ages 8-11 with emotion dysregulation. In addition, Dr. Wilson assisted in research on the implementation of school-based group behavioral activation therapy (GBAT) for children with mood and anxiety disorders. Her research interests currently center on improving interventions in schools and working with teachers to increase self-efficacy around managing and addressing externalizing behaviors as well as outcomes related to participation in PCIT. Dr. Wilson has presented her work at annual conferences and is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).