Doctorate
Child Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Internship
Child Clinical Track, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

Fellowship
Child clinical and pediatric psychology, Medical Psychology Program, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, Minnesota

Scholarship
Dr. Ale is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters. She serves on the editorial board of Child Psychiatry & Human Development and Children’s Health Care. Her work has been presented at the Association of Behavioral Cognitive Therapies, the World Congress of Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies, the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

Family-based behavioral interventions, early childhood interventions, anxiety disorders and mood disorders in childhood, anxiety and co-morbid disruptive behavior in children, anxiety and chronic pain in teens, behavioral/non-epileptic spells.