Clinical Staff

Diane Dallal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., 2022
Drexel University
Diane.Dallal@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Diane Dallal, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety (CTSA) in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Dallal received her B.A. in Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she later worked as a post-baccalaureate research coordinator at the UCLA Anxiety and Depression Research Center. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Drexel University, which included completing her predoctoral internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. In graduate school, Dr. Dallal researched mechanisms of change in cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based therapies for individuals with eating pathology and obesity. She has experience implementing evidence-based treatments with adults, adolescents, and couples in outpatient and intensive outpatient settings. At the CTSA, Dr. Dallal specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders and eating pathology, including Exposure and Response Prevention (EX/RP) for OCD, Prolonged Exposure (PE) for PTSD, and cognitive behavioral treatments for social anxiety, panic disorder, generalized anxiety, specific phobias, and eating disorders.