Jenny Isaacs, PhD.
QUALIFICATIONS
PhD in clinical psychology with a certification in Child and Family Therapy, Jenny has a special passion for breast cancer advocacy, after her own diagnosis at age 31, her path became aligned with You Can Thrive! and she began working tirelessly to help other survivors. With clinical expertise is dealing with bereavement issues, she instructs courses on Death and Dying, Abnormal Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Statistics.
Jenny currently heads the Department of Psychology at Yeshiva University, she is a skilled statistician and methodologist and active researcher in the areas of social development and psychosocial adjustment following adversity, and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters. One of Jenny’s main tasks the continuation of standardized assessment batteries aimed at formally assessing our program outcomes.EDUCATION
7/2004 Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology, St. John’s University8/2002 Marriage and Family Therapy Certification St. John’s University
8/2001 Cilnical Psychology Master of Arts, St. John’s University
12/1996 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Major, State University of NY at New Paltz Summa Cum Laude
EXPERIENCE
9/2005-Present Yeshiva University Yeshiva College, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology8/2004-8/2005 Post Doctorial Research Fellow, University of Turku, Finland
9/1998-7/2004 Psychology Extern and Intern placement ranging from Children’s Hospital at the University of Washington, Long Island Jewish at Hillside. Residential Counselor for multiple residential treatment facilities, worked in concert with medical practitioners in many instances to augment treatment.
9/2000-6/2003 Research Fellow/Project Manager for two large research labs at St. Johns University.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Isaacs, J., Hodges, E. V. E., & Salmivalli, C. (in press) Long-term consequences of victimization by peers: A follow-up from adolescence to young adulthood. European Journal of Developmental Science.
Salmivalli, C, & Isaacs, J. (2005).
Prospective relations between victimization, rejection,
friendlessness, and children’s self- and peer-perceptions. Child Development, 76(6), 1161-1171.
Hodges, E. V. E., Card, N. A., & Isaacs, J. (2003).
Learning of aggression in the family and in the peer group. In W. Heitmeyer & J. Hagan (Eds.) International handbook of violence research (pp. 495 -510). Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Card, N. A., Isaacs, J., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2002).
Social Development. In N.J. Salkind (Ed.), Macmillan psychology reference series: Vol. 1. Child Development (pp. 376-381). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan.
You Can Thrive! Foundation is so happy to have Jenny on board, her friendship, expertise and skilled approach to advocacy and assesment has solidified the value of our multi-tiered program.
You can meet our Jenny Isaacs in person most every Sunday at the InnerThrive! Wellness Center for Breast Cancer Recovery, at 900 Broadway
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