Jennifer is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice and is the Director and Founder of the Petoskey Center. She received her Masters in Education in Risk and Prevention from Harvard University School of Education. She went on to receive her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Suffolk University. Jennifer brings a wealth of clinical and research training experiences to her practice through work at the Professionals in Crisis unit at the Menninger Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Tufts University Counseling Center, and McLean Hospital. Jennifer is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy through Behavioral Tech, a training institute founded by Marsha Linehan. Additionally, she completed 3 years of post-graduate training — Studies in Psychoanalytic Thinking — at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies (CFPS -Houston).
Jennifer utilizes an integrative therapeutic orientation which primarily weaves together relational, psychodynamic, dialectical behavior therapy, and mentalization-based concepts. She has presented at many local and national conferences, particularly in the area of mentalizing and group dynamics.
Jennifer currently serves as the President for the Houston Group Psychotherapy Society (HGPS) , co-chair of the Training and Education Committee of HGPS, and is Voluntary Faculty at the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine.