Jennifer L. Jackson, PhD
Montclair,NJ
Summary
Compassionate and skilled clinical psychologist with extensive experience providing mental health services across diverse settings, including private practice and healthcare facilities. Strong ability to develop and implement effective treatment plans based on individual client needs. Demonstrated success in improving patient coping skills and fostering mental well-being through cognitive behavioral therapy and other therapeutic techniques. Aiming to join and contribute to a professional clinical team to foster professional collaboration and expand knowledge of best practices.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Self-employed
Montclair, NJ
01.2005 - Current
- Provide psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families.
- Work with children, adolescents and adults utilizing psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches to treatment, including DBT, EMDR, mindfulness and somatic informed treatments.
- Developed and facilitated Mindfulness based DBT informed group for young adults with anxiety spectrum disorders. Group designed to support and reduce isolation in young adults ages 20-30 years old.
- Treated various anxiety disorders, using exposure therapies such as in vivo, and imaginal exposure.
- Provide supervision and consultation for early career therapists.
Consultant/Facilitator
SiSu App
New York, NY
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Company Overview: Mental Health Wellness Tools for Teens
- Provided consultation and facilitation of adolescents for the production of new wellness app designed to give teens tools to deal with their anxiety and grief.
- Worked with producers to develop the appropriate clinical based tools for managing anxiety to be featured in the app.
Licensed Psychologist
Self- Employed
Summit, NJ
01.2005 - 05.2020
- Provided individual, couple and family psychotherapy 20 hours/week
- Work with children, adolescents and adults utilizing psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches to treatment
Staff Psychologist
Montclair Counseling Center
Montclair, NJ
08.2007 - 02.2011
- Part of a team of therapists providing low fee therapeutic services for the community. Worked with children, adolescents and families to improve mental health. Also provided treatment for adults. 40 hours/week.
- Collaborated with Montclair School District to develop and facilitate social skills and support groups in the elementary, middle and high school.
- Specialties included: life transitions, identity development, adoption, family conflict/stress, anxiety and depression.
Staff Psychologist
Positive Developments
Millburn, NJ
08.2008 - 05.2010
- Provided therapeutic services for children and adolescents and families
- Focused on anxiety, depression and family conflict
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary team for optimal patient care and improved overall mental health services.
Licensed Psychologist
Institute for Performance Advancement
New York, NY
09.2006 - 07.2009
- Provided individual psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults dealing with anxiety, depression and general mood instability.
- Therapeutic interventions included, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and family systems treatment approaches. 5 hours/week.
- Developed customized treatment plans for clients, addressing their unique psychological needs and goals.
Assistant Director, Counseling and Support Services
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
New York, NY
09.2003 - 06.2005
- Company Overview: Non-Profit
- Oversaw Group Services for HIV/AIDS organization.
- Supervised 2 staff and 20 volunteer clinicians facilitating weekly grief groups for men living with HIV/AIDS
- Provided clinical training and supervision for staff and volunteers to improve client outcomes and engagement
- Provided clinical support and consultation regarding groups throughout the agency
- Facilitated weekly support groups for long term survivors of HIV and those unhoused individuals.
Coordinator, Group Services
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
08.2003 - 01.2004
- Company Overview: Non-Profit
- Supervised and facilitated weekly therapeutic groups for men and women with HIV/AIDS
- Provided weekly psychosocial assessments of clients for group placement
- Trained and supervised volunteer clinicians
- Non-Profit
Clinical Psychology Fellow
Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish/North Shore Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
09.2002 - 08.2003
- Day Hospital, Hillside Hospital – Provided bi-weekly individual, family and milieu-based treatment to children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD, depression and psychotic disorders.
- Schneider Children’s Hospital Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department – Provided individual, family and group psychotherapeutic services to children, adolescents and adults.
Psychology Intern
Schneider Children’s Hospital, Long Island Jewish/North Shore Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
09.2001 - 09.2002
- Psychology Internship - worked in the inpatient and outpatient units of the hospital. Rotations included: Eating Disorders, Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Child Inpatient Unit, and Neuropsychological Testing.
- Trained in: DBT, CBT & Structural Family Therapy
- Population Treated: Patients diagnosed with BPD, ADHD, MDD, ODD, CDD, PDD and the range of depressive and anxiety disorders.
Education
Ph.D. - Clinical Psychology
Columbia University, Teachers College
New York, NY02.2003
Ed.M. - Human Development and Psychology
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA06.1994
B.A. - Government
Smith College
Northampton, MA06.1990
Skills
- Anxiety Management
- DBT informed Treatment
- Mindfulness techniques
- Diagnosis formulation
- Group therapy
- Child, adolescent & adult psychology
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
Affiliations
- American Psychological Association
- New Jersey Psychological Association
- NJ Association of Black Psychologists
- Past, A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems, New York Associate
- Past, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Association, Member
Group Consultant Conferences
- Consultant, Authority and Leadership, 11/01/06, New York, NY
- Associate Director, Authority and Leadership, 11/01/03, New York, NY
- Consultant, Authority, Leadership & Organization: the Leicester Conference, 04/01/02, London, England
- Consultant, Culture and Color, 03/01/02, New York, NY
- Consultant, Authority & Leadership, 08/01/00, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Consultant, Authority, Leadership & Organization: the Leicester Conference, 04/01/99, London, England
- Consultant, Authority & Leadership, 02/01/99, New York, NY
- Consultant, Authority & Leadership in Diverse Organizations, 01/01/99, Chicago, IL
- Co-consultant, William Alanston White Institute, Summer Training Program, 06/01/97, New York, NY
- Conference Associate Director of Administration, Authority and Diversity, 05/01/97, Washington, DC
- Co-consultant, Stone Center, Wellesley College, 12/01/96, Wellesley, MA
Certification
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Certified Therapist (EMDR) - EMDR International Association.
- Licensed Psychologist - NY & NJ Board of Psychology.
Presentations
- A DBT Informed Mindfulness-Based Group Model to Treat Anxiety Spectrum Disorders, International Psychological Association, September 2024
- Creative Clinical Skills to Enhance Client Engagement, May 2005, 20th Annual Gay Men’s Health Crisis Volunteer Conference, New York, NY
- Early On-set Schizophrenia in Children: the case of A.J., March 2003, Schneider Children’s/ Hillside Hospital Grand Rounds, New Hyde Park, NY
- Establishing the Reliability of the Jackson Authority Rating Scale (JARS) for the Relatedness at Work Inventory, Spring 2000, Teachers College Clinical Psychology Program Colloquium, New York, NY
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Consultant/Facilitator
SiSu App
11.2022 - 02.2023
Staff Psychologist
Positive Developments
08.2008 - 05.2010
Staff Psychologist
Montclair Counseling Center
08.2007 - 02.2011
Licensed Psychologist
Institute for Performance Advancement
09.2006 - 07.2009
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Self-employed
01.2005 - Current
Licensed Psychologist
Self- Employed
01.2005 - 05.2020
Assistant Director, Counseling and Support Services
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
09.2003 - 06.2005
Coordinator, Group Services
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
08.2003 - 01.2004
Clinical Psychology Fellow
Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish/North Shore Medical Center
09.2002 - 08.2003
Psychology Intern
Schneider Children’s Hospital, Long Island Jewish/North Shore Medical Center
09.2001 - 09.2002
Ph.D. - Clinical Psychology
Columbia University, Teachers College
Ed.M. - Human Development and Psychology
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
B.A. - Government
Smith College
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