About
Melanie Klein, PhD
Melanie Klein, Ph.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in treating children and adolescents with anxiety, mood disorders, and behavioral challenges. She completed advanced training treating self-harm behavior, disordered eating, OCD, school refusal, and sleeping difficulties. She has implemented various evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Exposure and Response Prevention, Family Based Treatment (FBT) and Parent Management Therapy.
Dr. Klein has particular expertise working with high-risk or vulnerable children and adolescents. She currently focuses on seeing patients and consulting with mental health professionals, school personnel, and others engaging with this population through Proven Practice. She is also the director of clinical training at HARBOR.
Dr. Klein earned her bachelor’s degree at Penn State’s Schreyer Honors College and her Clinical Psychology Ph.D. from the University of Washington. She completed her clinical internship at Hershey Medical Center and her post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for Mental Health at University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Klein conducts research on the development of self-regulation and emotional reactivity in children using behavioral, physiological and neurological indicators. She collaborated with community mental health agencies at University of Pennsylvania to implement and evaluate treatment for children who have experienced trauma. Additionally, she has supervised therapists at the University of Delaware to implement an evidence-based intervention for families of young children. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Social Development, Child Development, and the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Development.
