Our Team
Lucas Zullo, PhD (he/him)
Director
Dr. Zullo has over a decade of experience providing evidence-based care in a variety of settings, including intensive outpatient, inpatient, consult liaison, and the emergency department. Throughout his career, he has gained expertise in the most cutting edge evidence-based treatments by working directly with the developers of these interventions themselves. Dr. Zullo is an expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and has trained hundreds of mental health providers both nationally and internationally. He prides himself on delivering evidence-based care with rigorous clinical fidelity while also making therapy engaging and accessible to clients in order to maximize clinical outcomes.
Dr. Zullo is extremely active within national organizations, including the American Psychological Association, Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). Within the NCTSN, Dr. Zullo is one of the founders and co-leaders of the NCTSN Trauma-Informed Suicide Prevention and Postvention Community of Practice and is a collaborator within the NCTSN Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression Collaborative group. Additionally, Dr. Zullo is an on-call consultant for The Trevor Project and 988.
He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and completed his postdoctoral training at the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Zullo attended Swarthmore College for his undergraduate education with a double major in Psychology and Political Science. Previously, Dr. Zullo also worked at the Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania and the Center for Family Intervention Science at Drexel University.
Daria Williams, PsyD (she/her)
Psychologist
Dr. Williams is a highly trained clinician with extensive experience providing evidence-based therapy to children, adolescents, young adults, and families. She is skilled in utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to support clients in managing depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationship difficulties, and identity development.
Dr. Williams has worked across a wide range of settings—including outpatient clinics, hospitals, schools, and university counseling centers—giving her a comprehensive understanding of the challenges young people and their families face at different stages of development. She emphasizes a warm, collaborative style that empowers clients to develop insight, resilience, and practical tools for lasting change.
She also values working closely with families, schools, and medical providers when appropriate, ensuring care is well-coordinated, individualized, and responsive to each client’s unique needs.
Dr. Williams earned her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Indianapolis. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Jefferson Health’s David Farber ASPIRE Center and her pre-doctoral internship in Child and Adolescent Psychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Sydney Waitz-Kudla, PhD (she/her)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Emily Hutchinson, PhD (she/her)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Hutchinson has extensive experience providing evidence-based therapy to adolescents, families, and adults. She utilizes Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients develop practical tools for navigating difficult emotions, relationships, and life experiences. Her clinical areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, trauma-related concerns, life transitions, and emotion and interpersonal dysregulation.
Dr. Hutchinson has worked across a range of clinical settings, including outpatient therapy, acute inpatient and residential programs, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, and psychological assessment. She brings a warm, collaborative, and nonjudgmental approach to therapy and strives to create a space where clients feel understood and supported while working toward meaningful change. She works alongside clients to better understand patterns in their emotions, behaviors, and relationships and to develop practical skills that can be used both in and outside of therapy.
Dr. Hutchinson also values working closely with families, schools, and other providers when appropriate. She believes that treatment is most effective when it is individualized to each client’s unique strengths, needs, experiences, and goals.
Dr. Hutchinson earned her PhD in Clinical and Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed her pre-doctoral internship in Child and Adolescent Acute and Intensive Services at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and is currently completing her post-doctoral fellowship at Jefferson Health’s David Farber ASPIRE Center. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Waitz-Kudla provides evidence-based care to children, adolescents, and adults. She has specific training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), relationship difficulties, and related symptoms. She also has extensive experience providing services for neurodivergent clients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She has worked in a variety of settings, including university counseling centers, outpatient clinics, and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs).
Dr. Waitz-Kudla utilizes an integrative approach to therapy. Given her foundational training in empirically supported therapy modalities, she works to effectively cater her services to each individual client and emphasize a treatment approach that is most appropriate for them. She emphasizes a strong therapeutic relationship and working alongside clients to develop skills that will be helpful both during therapy and beyond.
Dr. Waitz-Kudla earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University, and is completing her postdoctoral training at the David Farber ASPIRE Center. She attended Vanderbilt University for her undergraduate education with a double major in Psychology with Honors and English with a minor in Sociology. Previously, Dr. Waitz-Kudla worked at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center under the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
