Jacqueline Kerner
Merrick,USA
Summary
Seasoned Clinical Psychologist with a robust background in psychotherapy techniques and crisis intervention, honed across diverse settings. Excelled in team collaboration and effective communication, significantly improving patient care outcomes. Demonstrates unparalleled commitment to cultural competence and policy compliance, ensuring high-quality therapeutic services.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Psychologist
Epic Long Island
West Hemp, NY
02.2022 - Current
- Conducting individual therapy in a mental health outpatient clinic.
Clinical Psychology Supervisor
Riker’s Island Correction Center
East Elmhurst, NY
09.2017 - 08.2022
- Provided therapeutic services across ITU, MOU, GP, CAPS, and PACE units.
Doctoral Intern
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Trenton, NJ
06.2016 - 06.2017
- Worked in a 400-bed state psychiatric hospital, offering individual and group therapy, risk assessment, and psychodiagnostic evaluation to individuals suffering from severe and persistent mental illness.
Practicum Student
Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center
Huntington, NY
09.2015 - 05.2016
- Worked in a New York State OMH children’s psychiatric center offering inpatient hospitalization, day treatment, and crisis intervention to severely and chronically mentally ill children and adolescents
- Conducted psychological evaluations, as well as individual, family and group therapy for emotionally disturbed and troubled youth
Mental Health Counselor
Heart and Soul Counseling
Babylon, NY
04.2015 - 05.2016
- Provided weekly individual and family therapy to children, adolescents, and adults at an outpatient mental health clinic
- Specialized in the treatment of Gender Identity and LBGT issues
Practicum Student
Chrysalis Health Center
Fort Lauderdale, FL
08.2012 - 08.2014
- Interdisciplinary team member at a comprehensive behavioral healthcare agency serving individuals with mental health issues and substance use disorders.
- Administered psychological testing and conducted individual and family therapy sessions.
Practicum Student
Broward Regional Juvenile Detention Center
Fort Lauderdale, FL
08.2011 - 08.2012
- Led gender-sensitive psycho-educational groups for juveniles
- Topics included health, mental health, sexually transmitted diseases, vocational and employment opportunities and the criminal justice system
- Served as student coordinator, which entailed scheduling, task management and conflict resolution
Practicum Student
Paul Rein Detention Center
Pompano, FL
08.2011 - 08.2012
- Facilitated Survivor Therapy Empowerment Program (STEP) psycho-educational groups for women covering topics such as domestic violence, substance abuse, trauma, and resilience.
Practicum Student
West Palm Beach County Detention Center
West Palm, FL
08.2011 - 08.2012
- Administered assessments and conducted individual therapy to men in prison.
Practicum Student
Bridges of America Detention Center
Pompano, FL
08.2011 - 08.2012
- Conducted psycho-educational classes and process groups to men to facilitate re-entry into society.
Education
Psy.D. - Clinical Psychology (Forensic Concentration)
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida06.2017
M.S. - Clinical Psychology
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida05.2012
M.A. - Counseling in Mental Health and Wellness
New York University
New York, New York05.2009
B.A. - Social Sciences Interdisciplinary: Early Child Development
SUNY Buffalo
Buffalo, New York05.2007
Skills
- Clinical supervision
- Psychotherapy techniques
- Risk assessment
- Crisis intervention
- Psychodiagnostic evaluation
- Policy compliance
- Team collaboration
- Documentation skills
- Staff training
- Problem solving
- Conflict resolution
- Effective communication
- Cultural competence
- Policy and procedure development
- Operations management
- Policy enforcement
- Risk management
- Workflow management
- Staff discipline
- Team building
- Staff management
- Expectation setting
Psychological Tests Administered
- Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
- Achenbach Teacher Report Form (TRF)
- Adolescent Psychopathology Scale (APS)
- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
- Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
- Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC)
- Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation (BFNE) Inventory
- Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (CARS-2)
- Children’s Apperception Test (CAT)
- Child Depression Inventory, Second Edition (CDI-2)
- Conner’s Rating Scales, Third Edition (Conners-3, Parent/Teacher)
- Detailed Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress (DAPS)
- Gilliam Autism Rating Scale – Second Edition (GARS-2)
- Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
- Historical Clinical Risk Management-20 (HCR-20)
- House-Tree-Person Projective Drawings (HTP)
- Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test – Second Edition (KBIT-2)
- Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-Third Edition (MCMI-III)
- Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A)
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2)
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- NEPSY II
- Obsessive Compulsive Inventory - Revised (OCI-R)
- Parenting Stress Inventory (PSI)
- Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)
- Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
- Questions About Behavioral Functioning (QABF)
- Reynolds’s Adolescent Depression Scale, Second Edition (RADS-2)
- Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Edition (RCMAS-2)
- Rorschach Inkblot Test, Exner System of Scoring
- Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB)
- Social Communications Questionnaire (SCQ)
- Social Phobia Anxiety Inventory (SPAI)
- Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF)
- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
- Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI)
- Suicide Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ)
- Suicide Probability Scale (SPS)
- Trail Making Test (TMT)
- Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC)
- Trauma Symptom Inventory - 2 (TSI-2)
- UCLA Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Reactive Index (UCLA PTSD-RI)
- Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence – Second Edition (WASI-II)
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)
- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)
- Woodcock Johnson Cognitive Tests-Third Edition (WJC-III)
Timeline
Clinical Psychologist
Epic Long Island
02.2022 - Current
Clinical Psychology Supervisor
Riker’s Island Correction Center
09.2017 - 08.2022
Doctoral Intern
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
06.2016 - 06.2017
Practicum Student
Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center
09.2015 - 05.2016
Mental Health Counselor
Heart and Soul Counseling
04.2015 - 05.2016
Practicum Student
Chrysalis Health Center
08.2012 - 08.2014
Practicum Student
Broward Regional Juvenile Detention Center
08.2011 - 08.2012
Practicum Student
Paul Rein Detention Center
08.2011 - 08.2012
Practicum Student
West Palm Beach County Detention Center
08.2011 - 08.2012
Practicum Student
Bridges of America Detention Center
08.2011 - 08.2012
Psy.D. - Clinical Psychology (Forensic Concentration)
Nova Southeastern University
M.S. - Clinical Psychology
Nova Southeastern University
M.A. - Counseling in Mental Health and Wellness
New York University
B.A. - Social Sciences Interdisciplinary: Early Child Development
SUNY Buffalo
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