Dr. Donna Dicello

Biography

Donna H. DiCello, Psy.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale School of Medicine and has 30 years of clinical experience. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University New England in 1996 and a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University in 1988. DiCello has served as the Associate Director and faculty member at the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology at the University of Hartford and has also been an adjunct faculty member in the Psy.D. program at Antioch University New England. She specialized in issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, cancer recovery, stress, bereavement, and significant life transitions particularly affecting women and young adults. Her clinical work is informed by psychodynamic, attachment, cognitive-behavioral, and interpersonal perspectives framed by social justice. DiCello has presented at numerous conferences on grief work and has co-authored a book titled 'Daughters, Dads, and the Path of Grief: Tales from Italian America'. Additionally, she has published poetry in various literary journals and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In the past year, she has become involved in climate activism and is currently enrolled in a writing program at the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis.

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