Child & Adolescent Related Content

Laura Payne, PhD, is the director of the Clinical and Translational Pain Research Laboratory at McLean Hospital. Her research focuses on identifying neurobiological, behavioral, and psychological biomarkers related to pain, particularly menstrual pain in adolescents. Specifically, she is interested...

Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, part-time, at Harvard Medical School, and is a senior clinical consultant at McLean Hospital. She is also an associate clinical professor at Suffolk University in Boston, a licensed clinical psychologist...

Fairlee C. Fabrett, PhD, is the director of training and staff development for McLean’s child and adolescent division. She oversees and develops psychology training programs across the division. Dr. Fabrett is the coordinator for the child and adolescent tracks of the McLean APA psychology...

Jacqueline Sperling, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the co-founder and co-program director of the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program at McLean Hospital. She is the author of the book “Find Your Fierce...

Perihan Esra Guvenek-Cokol, MD, is a double board certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. She specializes in emerging mental illness in teens and young adults. Her expertise is in early stages of psychotic and bipolar disorders, along with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders. Dr...

R. Meredith Elkins, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety, mood, and related disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. She is experienced in providing evidence-based interventions through individual, group, family, and behavioral...

Roger Pottanat, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist with over seven years of practicing in the community. He is passionate about providing comprehensive and novel treatment options to patients with challenging psychiatric disorders. At McLean, Dr. Pottanat is the medical director of the 3East...

Alaptagin Khan, MBBS, FRSPH, is a research associate at McLean Hospital and an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Khan took the opportunity to work with the Red Cross and UNICEF in conflict zones where he developed an interest in PTSD and...

Dr. Yaeger received her PsyD from Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York. While training at Montefiore Medical Center she became interested in borderline personality disorder in adolescence and the correlation this personality style shares with chronic suicidal ideation and self-harming behaviors. Dr...

Anna Precht, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and a senior clinical consultant at McLean’s Arlington School. She has extensive experience treating adults and adolescents using DBT in individual, group, and milieu modalities. Previously at McLean, she worked closely with colleagues to develop and...

Brittany Jordan-Arthur, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in evidence-based treatment for anxiety, mood, and related disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Jordan-Arthur is experienced with interventions promoting coping and adjustment for youth and families with...

Christian A. Webb, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research and director of the Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth (TEDY) Laboratory at McLean Hospital...

Yudelki M. Firpo-Perretti, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specializes in evidence-based treatments for children, adolescents, and adults. These include cognitive behavior therapy and exposure and response prevention therapy for anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), behavioral...

Abigail Stark, PhD, is a staff psychologist at McLean Hospital and an instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She works at the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program (MAMP), an intensive exposure-based outpatient program for anxiety and obsessive compulsive...

Martin Teicher, MD, PhD, has been director of the Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program at McLean Hospital since 1988. He was chief of the former Developmental Psychopharmacology Laboratory (now the Laboratory of Developmental Neuropharmacology) and is currently an associate professor of...