Meet Dr. Gellatly
Welcome! I am a licensed clinical psychologist providing telehealth services to clients in Massachussets and Rhode Island.
I work from an evidence-based framework, providing treatments that have been found to be effective for specific problems through research studies, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT).
My treatment approach is collaborative and individualized for each client and focuses on identifying strengths, values, and goals to reduce problems and increase positive experiences. I integrate mindfulness practices into sessions to help clients become more aware of their emotions and teaches concrete skills that clients can use to build the lives they desire.
As a biracial clinician, I have a special interest in helping person of color (POC) clients understand the complexities of their intersectional identities in a healing space through a multicultural counseling framework.
Education & Training
I received my B.A. in Psychology from Boston University. After graduating from college, I worked as a clinical research coordinator at the New York University Child Study Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and University of Pennsylvania under the mentorship of Dr. Aaron Beck.
I earned my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As part of my graduate training, I received intensive training in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) at the UCLA Psychology Clinic and the UCLA Screening and Treatment for Anxiety & Depression (STAND) Clinic. I gained additional training in children and families at Providence Saint John’s Child & Family Development Center and developed and delivered a transdiagnostic mental health treatment to adolescents in India as part of my doctoral research with Sangath. I completed an APA-accredited internship at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital in the General Child Track, where I specialized in treating children, families, and parents across inpatient, partial hospital, and outpatient settings. I completed my postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Medical Center, where I focused on immigrant and refugee mental health.
Experience
In addition to my role as founder of Values Align Therapy, I am an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of CBT Training of the Psychiatry Residency Program at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. I provide clinical services and supervision to trainees, including practicum students, doctoral interns, and psychiatry residents, at multiple clinics within Boston Medical Center (BMC), including the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, and Refugee Women’s Health Clinic. I teach courses on evidence-based psychological treatments to medical students and psychiatry residents and lead trainings on best practices in refugee mental health for clinicians and other providers.
My research focuses on expanding access to quality mental health care for underresourced youth and families around the world. I specialize in conducting mixed-methods research to investigate how culture and context impact the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based treatments in groups not equitably served by mental health programs and initiatives, including immigrants and refugees. I collaborated with colleagues to build a behavioral health program for refugee women in the perinatal period within the Refugee Women’s Health Clinic at BMC and am the principal investigator of a grant for survivors of torture.