Danielle Richardson
Doctoral Student
Danielle Richardson is a doctoral student studying counseling psychology at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is interested in research and therapeutic practices that promote accessibility to evidence-based care for youth experiencing acute mental health concerns. Her research experience includes contributions toward an NIMH-funded study identifying cognitive risk factors for suicidal and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in adolescents.
At BU, Danielle works with Dr. Amie Grills on a NIH-funded project investigating internalizing disorders (specifically anxiety) and its relationship to reading ability in elementary-school-aged children. She has received training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) with adolescents and families, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Currently, she is completing a clinical practicum at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School in their child and adolescent inpatient units. Danielle’s previous practicums include McLean Hospital’s 3East Outpatient and Partial Hospitalization DBT Programs and Boston University’s CARD.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Education
MA, Teachers College, Columbia University
BA, Marist College
Courses
CE769 Substance Use and Treatment
CE635 Counseling Skills and Techniques Lab
Selected Publications
Kim, H.; Richardson, D.; Solberg, S.V. Understanding Somatic Symptoms Associated with South Korean Adolescent Suicidal Ideation, Depression, and Social Anxiety. Behav. Sci. 2021, 11, 151. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11110151
Selected Presentations
Kim, H; Richardson, D; Solberg, S.V. Prediction of Suicide among Adolescents in Low and Middle-Income Countries Using Machine Learning (2022). Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Minneapolis, MN.
Newman, K; Richardson, D; Grills, A. Development and Evaluation of the Sources of Reading Self-Efficacy for Children Scale (2022) Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Minneapolis, MN.