Dr. Shreya Lakhan-Pal (she/her) is a licensed psychologist who provides mental health support to children, adolescents, young adults, and families with a range of clinical concerns, including anxiety, depression, healing from trauma or adversity, identity development, and emotional dysregulation. She approaches each individual with a compassionate, collaborative, strengths-based, culturally responsive, and developmentally informed approach. Dr. Lakhan-Pal is dedicated to providing evidence-backed care, with experience in a range of therapeutic services, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and PC-CARE. She also has experience conducting comprehensive psychological testing.
Dr. Lakhan-Pal completed her undergraduate studies in Cognitive Science and Education at UC Berkeley. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical and Developmental Psychology at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. As a graduate student, she conducted research on the emotion regulation in children and adolescents, including consequences of early life stress, protective factors such as positive parenting, and neurobiological development. She completed both her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship with the UC Davis Health Clinical Child and Adolescent Training Program.
Outside the office, Dr. Lakhan-Pal prioritizes spending time with family and friends. This includes playing with her sweet pup Rosie, enjoying Bay Area nature, and traveling often. During downtime, she can be found solving crosswords and other word games or discovering the world of anime.
Education
- PhD, Developmental Psychopathology & Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota
- MA, Developmental Psychology, University of Minnesota
- BA, Cognitive Science, UC Berkeley
Licenses and Certification
- California Board of Psychology (PSY35346)
Recent Presentations
- Odom, T., Lakhan-Pal, S., Wheeler, C.R., Loyola, E.S., & Hopkins, M. (2024). Improving Access to Equitable Pediatric Mental Health Services at UC Davis Health By Implementing a Collaborative Care Model. Presentation for American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference. Seattle, WA.
- Odom, T., Lakhan-Pal, S., Wheeler, C.R., Loyola, E.S., & Hopkins, M. (2024). Improving Access to Equitable Pediatric Mental Health Services at UC Davis Health By Implementing a Collaborative Care Model. Presentation for UC Davis Health Quality Forum. Sacramento, CA.
- Lakhan-Pal, S., Malone, S.M., Hunt, R.H, Iacono, W.G., & Thomas, K.M. (2021). Longitudinal Measures Of Adolescent Anxiety And Their Relationship To Adult Amygdala Function. Poster presentation for Society for Research on Child Development. Virtual.
- Lakhan-Pal, S., DeJoseph, M.L., Del Toro, J., & Tyrell, F. (2021). Navigating COVID-19 as a Student/Early Career Applicant and Scholar. In M. Desir & Y. Mejia (co-chairs). Invited speaker in panel hosted by Student & Early Career Council, Society for Research on Child Development. Virtual.
Recent Publications
- Lakhan-Pal, S. & Gunnar, M. (2020). Psychoneuroendocrinology of emotion and stress. In S. Hupp & J.D. Jewell (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. DOI: 10.1002/9781119171492.wecad00151
- Lakhan-Pal, S.*, Palmer, A.*, & Cicchetti, D. (2019). Emotional development and depression. In V. LoBue, K. Perez-Edgar, & K. Buss (Eds.), Handbook of Emotional Development. * Both authors contributed equally as first author.
