Danielle Denenny, Ph.D., M.A.

Danielle received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and her MA in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Danielle is the Clinical Supervisor at CAPPS and a psychologist at the UCLA CHAMP child and adolescent mood program, also at the Semel Institute. She is the co-PI for the CHAMP Mindful Parenting and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy programs. Danielle previously completed her predoctoral and postdoctoral training at Semel Institute specialty clinics. Danielle’s clinical interests involve working with teens and young adults who at high risk for or experiencing mood or thought disorders and their families. Her research focuses on stigma and evidence-based individual, family, and group interventions for these young people and caregivers of youth with mental health difficulties. Additionally, Danielle is very interested in issues of mental health policy, including improving the quality of healthcare and access to evidence-based psychotherapy.