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Franssy Zablah is a native Spanish-speaker who was born and raised in Honduras. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Dr. Zablah received her B.A. in psychology from the University of New Orleans and completed a predoctoral internship in integrated behavioral health at Nemours Children’s Hospital, in Wilmington, Delaware. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with a concentration in children, families, and cultures, from the Catholic University of America. She completed specialized training in dissemination and implementation science as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Delaware’s Center for Training, Evaluation, and Community Collaboration (C-TECC). She continues to be actively involved in various research and community engagement projects and student supervision at C-TECC.
Dr. Zablah’s clinical expertise includes the assessment and treatment of externalizing and internalizing disorders in children and adolescents, suicide risk assessment and prevention in children and adolescents, as well as psychoeducational and comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessment of children and adults. Dr. Zablah has been trained in various evidence-based interventions including cognitive behavioral therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.
Dr. Zablah’s research aims to understand and address the systemic factors that contribute to the complex needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged communities and seeks to examine disparities in access to high-quality, evidence-based services for these communities. She is especially passionate about the promotion of culturally and linguistically relevant care for the Latino/a community, and about training the next generation of scientifically minded and culturally humble clinicians who are well-versed in evidence-based care.