Dr. Aberdine Dwight is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and intake coordinator at Boston Child Study Center. She is also a Licensed and Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP). Dr. Dwight has extensive experience providing evidence-based treatment to adolescents, young adults, and their caregivers. She specializes in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, trauma-related concerns, emotion dysregulation, and executive functioning challenges. She provides individual therapy, caregiver coaching, couples therapy, and family therapy.
Dr. Dwight has received intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), DBT Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). She has also completed Level 2 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Dr. Dwight is licensed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is a member of PSYPACT, allowing her to provide telehealth services to clients located in participating states across the country.
Dr. Dwight received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Boston University before earning her doctoral degree in School Psychology from Northeastern University. She previously served as a Clinical and Research Associate at the Center for Effective Child Therapy at the Baker Center for Children and Families (formerly Judge Baker Children’s Center)/Harvard Medical School, where she received training in the Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, or Conduct Problems (MATCH-ADTC). She has also worked in the Wellesley and Brookline Public Schools, where she conducted comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations and provided evidence-based treatment to elementary and secondary students experiencing a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns. Dr. Dwight completed a clinical externship at Boston Child Study Center and her pre-doctoral internship at Franciscan Children’s. During her internship, she worked in the Community Based Acute Treatment (CBAT) program, completed comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, and provided outpatient therapy to youth and their families.
Dr. Dwight’s research focuses on the effective assessment and progress monitoring of youth experiencing internalizing concerns, including anxiety and depression.
Dr. Dwight approaches therapy with warmth, compassion, and directness. She strives to create a therapeutic relationship in which clients feel understood and accepted while also feeling encouraged to take meaningful steps toward change. She helps clients develop greater acceptance of the things they cannot change while building the skills, motivation, and willingness to change the things they can. Dr. Dwight emphasizes being effective rather than being “right.” She works collaboratively with clients to understand what is getting in the way of living the life they want and to identify concrete behavioral changes that can make a meaningful difference. Her approach balances validation with accountability, helping clients feel supported while also challenging them to practice new ways of responding, both in and outside of therapy. Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Dwight enjoys spending time with her husband and two young children in her home state of New Hampshire.