Dilara Ally, PhD, LCSW (she/her) is the inaugural Richard C. Schwartz Clinical Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Ally's research examines the mechanisms underlying treatment effectiveness, investigating how and for whom different therapeutic approaches work. Her current focus explores how Internal Family Systems influences attachment, inner compassion and perspective-taking in trauma recovery. She leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to amplify patient voices and advance equity-focused intervention research. Her clinical training includes Level 1 IFS certification, mindfulness-based interventions, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), psychodynamic approaches, and indigenous focusing oriented therapy for complex trauma (IFOT). Her clinical work focuses on trauma, depression, and anxiety. A two-decade Buddhist meditation practice has profoundly shaped her therapeutic approach, grounding it in acceptance and compassion. This unique combination of clinical experience and quantitative life science research informs both her research methodology and therapeutic practice. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring permaculture design principles in her backyard, garden-to-table cooking, and spending time with her family.