Dr. Melissa J. Dudley is a licensed psychologist specializing in working with children, adolescents, and young adults with a range of social-emotional difficulties. She offers psychological and educational diagnostic evaluations, individual therapy, parent consultations, and parent-child therapy. Details about her services can be found on the Psychological Services page.

In addition to her private psychology practice, Dr. Dudley is an Assistant Professor of School Psychology at Alfred University where she teaches courses on child and adolescent social, emotional and cognitive assessment, supervision in psychology, and child and adolescent psychotherapies.

She earned her doctorate in Counseling and School Psychology from the University at Buffalo in 2020 and her Masters degree in Social Work in 2014. She has trained in a variety of mental health and school settings including at the University at Buffalo Psychological Services Center, Dent Neurological Institute, and she completed her predoctoral training in inpatient and outpatient settings at the University of Rochester Medical Center, providing psychological services including group and individual counseling, psychoeducational and diagnostic evaluations, cognitive behavioral therapy and neuropsychological evaluations.