Ellen Flannery-Schroeder, Ph.D., ABPP is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Rhode Island and a licensed psychologist specializing in parenting, childhood emotional health and wellness, and cognitive-behavioral therapy, with a special interest in childhood anxiety disorders. Dr. Flannery-Schroeder graduated with a BA in psychology from Franklin and Marshall College, received her MA in psychology from Connecticut College, and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Temple University. She completed a predoctoral internship at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute and a postdoctoral fellowship at Temple University. Dr. Flannery-Schroeder is Board Certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, an organization certifying
psychologists as competent to deliver high quality services in various specialty areas of psychology. Dr. Flannery-Schroeder has been involved in the promotion of social and emotional health and well-being, prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders, and the use of cognitive-behavioral interventions for more than 15 years and has written numerous articles and book chapters on these topics. Dr. Flannery-Schroeder also directs the outpatient Child Anxiety Program at the University of Rhode Island, co-directs the New England Center for Anxiety in Rhode Island, and, with Dr. Chelsea Tucker, serves as co-director of High Performance Parenting. She is a mother of three children, an adventurous home cook, true crime enthusiast, keeper of two cats and six chickens, and strength training devotee.
Flannery-Schroeder’s book, co-authored with Chelsea Tucker, BANISH BEDTIME BATTLES: A Six-Week Plan to Help Your School-Age Child Sleep Independently (Rowman & Littlefield, June 2024).