Dr. Sena is a clinical psychologist. She received her Ph.D. from Indiana University and was a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA study autism with Marian Sigman, Ph.D. She has been director of the UCLA Semel Institute Psychology Internship program since 1996. She was an Attending Psychologist in the UCLA Eating Disorders Program for nearly 20 years. She is an Attending Psychologist for the UCLA Child and Adolescent Inpatient Service and the UCLA Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program.