Audra Langley, Ph.D.

Audra Langley, Ph.D. is the Director of UCLA TIES for Families. Dr. Langley is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Health Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the UCLA DGSOM Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Langley also co-directs the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families and is the Child Welfare lead for the DMH UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence. Dr. Langley is an experienced clinician and researcher who specializes in culturally responsive, trauma and resiliency informed care for children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress and her body of work has sought to increase access to quality mental health interventions for under-resourced populations of children, including those involved in the child welfare system and school based mental health. Dr. Langley is the author of 4 treatment manuals and books, including “ADAPT Adoption-specific Psychotherapy: A Guide to helping Adopted Children and Their Families Thrive” and “Bounce Back: an Elementary School Intervention for Childhood Trauma.” She has presented and published numerous research papers and trainings on her work.