Angelique Dakkak, PsyD

she/her/hers

About me

“Building meaningful relationships with young people and families is central to my work. I take time to understand what brings each person to therapy in the context of their relationships, experiences, identity, and community. I provide individual therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns, with particular expertise in anxiety and OCD, depression, eating disorders, trauma, autism, and ADHD. I also specialize in parent and caregiver coaching focused on strengthening family relationships and addressing behavioral concerns. When concerns are best addressed together, I provide family therapy, including Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for eating disorders. Across my work, I combine warmth and acceptance with active, collaborative treatment. I draw from evidence-based cognitive behavioral, exposure-based, and family-focused therapies to understand what is contributing to a client’s concerns and determine together how best to address them. My goal is to help clients better understand themselves, face challenges, and make meaningful changes in their lives.”

Dr. Dakkak is a licensed clinical psychologist with experience working with culturally diverse children, adolescents, young adults, and families. She earned her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University Maryland and completed her predoctoral internship at UC Davis Health, where she received specialized training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she received advanced training in pediatric anxiety and trauma, autism and developmental disabilities, and eating disorders. Her specialized training includes Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT), and Habit Reversal Training (HRT), as well as comprehensive psychological assessment. Dr. Dakkak is a certified Family-Based Treatment provider for adolescent eating disorders.

Clinics I work in

Child, Teen & Family; General; Thrive

Training and Experience

Graduate School: Loyola University Maryland
Internship: UC Davis Health
Post-doctoral Fellowship: Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

License

PSY#36945