She earned her doctorate at UMass Amherst and completed a two-year postgraduate fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Psychoanalysis–West. Dadlani’s research and practice interests include psychotherapy process and relational change, countertransference use and management, intergroup dialogue, hip hop and healing, mental health challenges for people of color in higher education, and community partnerships. In the Smith summer program she teaches courses in socio-cultural concepts, group theory and practice, research methods and community practice. Dadlani is also a Marta Sotomayor Fellow, providing consultation regarding issues of structural oppression and change processes to SSW community.