Psychological Services Center
The PSC is staffed by second-year graduate students earning their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology. The graduate student-therapist’s work is closely supervised by licensed clinical psychologists who are faculty members of the Department of Psychology, as well as licensed clinical psychologists from the Long Island community who serve as Adjunct Clinical Supervisors.
The Psychological Services Center is located in Lodge A on LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, New York, 11548-1300. Call 516-299-3211 for more information.
Frances Dalis, PsyD, LMSW, RPT-S
Licensed Clinical Psychologist.
Director, Psychological Services Center
Co-Director of Clinical Training
B.A. St. John’s University
LMSW Adelphi University
M.S. PsyD Long Island University-Post
I serve as the Director of Long Island University's (LIU) Psychological Services Center (PSC) and Co-Director of Clinical Training, which allows me to work with the second, and third-year clinical psychology, doctoral candidates. I am an ally and as part of my responsibilities for the PSC, I provide supervision to Graduate Student Therapists (GST) in the Pride Healing Center (PHC), a subdivision of the PSC that specializes in treatment of members of the LGBTQ+ community.
I am a Clinical Psychologist working as a Postdoctoral Fellow for The Gordan F. Derner School of Psychology at Adelphi University's Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychoanalytic program. I teach developmental psychology, adult psychopathology, clinical interventions, and cognitive psychology courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels.
I provide a neutral space for young people to express their needs and help families develop adaptive communication skills. As a diagnostician, I provide psychological testing for gifted students and those with special needs who require school accommodations.
My treatment philosophy is to work collaboratively with families to provide children and adolescents an open, empathetic, safe space to express the challenges they face. I strive to assist young people in looking for evidence of their resilience. As a Registered Play Therapy – Supervisor (RPT-S), I am dedicated to learning and teaching cutting-edge, child-focused interventions.
Specialties
With 15 years of experience as a mental health professional, I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and families. My approach is employing integrative, evidence-based interventions, including CBT, ACT, and Psychodynamic therapy. Therapeutic populations include autism spectrum disorder, LGBTQ + identity formation, chronic pain management, depression, anxiety, and behavioral issues.
Dissertation:
Dalis, F., Knafo, D., Keisner, Robert., Novich, J. (2018) Coming Out as a Gay Man: The Journey of Self-Discovery and Disclosure
Poster Presentation: “Coming Out as a Gay Man: The Journey of Self-Discovery and Disclosure.,” Presentation at Society of Psychotherapy Integration, online conference, 2020.
Poster Presentation, “Modifying Trauma Art Narrative Therapy to Help Children from War-Torn Ukraine Identify Coping Skills,” Presentation at the American Psychological Association Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2015.
Poster Presentation, “Personality prototypes: Validity and reliability with an outpatient sample,” Presentation at the Annual Society of Personality Assessment Meeting, 2015.
Services from LIU Programs Available to the Local Community
Only the Psychological Services Center is associated with the LIU Post Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program.
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