Janine Domingues, PhD

Janine Domingues, PhD, is the Senior Director of Professional Training for School and Community Programs and a senior psychologist in the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute.

She has developed and provided educators and school-based mental health professionals with evidence-based prevention and intervention training programs for schools K-12. Dr. Domingues is passionate about ensuring the sustainability of mental health prevention and intervention services in schools by empowering staff through effective and supportive training. 

Dr. Domingues specializes in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults, and has expertise in providing treatment to children and families who have been affected by trauma and grief. She has extensive experience in providing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to children, adolescents, and young adults struggling with a range of anxiety disorders, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. Domingues has received specialized training in exposure and response prevention (ERP), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), parent-child interaction therapy for selective mutism (PCIT-SM), unified protocol (UP), and supportive parenting for anxious childhood emotions (SPACE).

Dr. Domingues is dedicated to destigmatizing mental health challenges through education and bringing evidence-based interventions into schools and communities. She has provided education through multiple outlets, including professional talks and media. Dr. Domingues is devoted to helping children, families, and communities build resilience, strength, and hope.

• Post-doctoral Fellow, the Child Mind Institute
• Intern, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Newark, NJ
• Extern, Child Trauma Clinic, University of Connecticut Health Center
• Extern, Anxiety Disorders Center/Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Institute for Living, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

• PhD, Child Clinical Psychology, University of Connecticut
• MA, Clinical Psychology, University of Connecticut
• MS, Clinical Psychology, Loyola University of Maryland
• BA, Psychology, Loyola University of Maryland