Alyssa Korell, PhD
Senior Project Coordinator
Alyssa joined CHDI in July 2022 as a Postdoctoral Fellow working primarily on evidence-based practices. She was hired in 2023 as Project Coordinator (and promoted to Senior Project Coordinator in 2026) supporting CHDI’s substance use care initiatives, including prevention and intervention in youth outpatient settings through the DCF-SUD project and in-home services through the CT-TREE grant. She also supports CHDI’s evidence-based practices and Behavioral Health Plan initiatives.
Alyssa graduated from Idaho State University with a PhD in Clinical Psychology and completed her predoctoral internship training at the Child and Adolescent Abuse Resource and Evaluation (CAARE) Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Sacramento, CA. Alyssa has training and experience providing evidence-based assessments and treatments for children who have experienced trauma and co-occurring concerns, including psychological evaluations for children and caregivers involved in the child-welfare system, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). She has co-authored and presented research related to the interplay of sleep, emotion regulation, and executive functioning in adolescents, assessment of psychosocial competencies in children, and engagement and outcomes of TF-CBT. Born and raised in Idaho, one of Alyssa’s areas of special interest is increasing access to evidence-based treatments, particularly for youth in rural areas.