Tiffany Abrego
Associate Professor
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Tiffany Abrego
Dr. Tiffany Abrego has a joint appointment in the Clinical Ph.D. program and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan (BGCSM). At Wayne State, she is primarily at the Psychology Clinic and supervises psychological assessment and therapy cases, in addition to supervising the Dialectival Behavior Therapy (DBT) program. At BGCSM, she the executive director of the mental health program. The program includes individual therapy, group therapy, parent training, staff training and consultation, and sports psychology. In addition, BGCSM is a training site for psychology doctoral students. Her research focus is on outcomes of our community programming at BGCSM and social justice topics, in addition to obesity and executive dysfunction research.
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- Clinical child psychology
- Neurodevelopmental disorders: primarily ADHD and autism spectrum disorders
- Executive dysfunction
- Pediatric psychology: obesity, GI, endocrinology, differences of sex development
Education
- Ph.D., Eastern Michigan University
- Michigan Licensed Psychologist, 2015
- Illinois Licensed Clinical Psychologist
News mentions
- Program offering free mental health support for youth aims to create future mental health pros
- The mental health benefits of DBT therapy