Abigayle Martel is a first-year postdoctoral fellow with the Brief Treatment Clinic at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She earned her PsyD in combined School-Clinical Child Psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University in New York City. Dr. Martel completed her doctoral internship at Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition to clinical practice, she engages in applied clinical research in the areas of disruptive behavior and anxiety disorders, including selective mutism.