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Teaching Faculty

Jennifer Bush, PsyD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Psychology 

 

Education and Training

Graduate School: PsyD - La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate School: MS - La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
Internship: Psychology - Mental Health Association, Westchester County, NY
Residency: Psychology - Merakey Innovative Care and Education Solutions, Philadelphia, PA

About Me 

Dr. Bush is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialization in trauma and emotion dysregulation treatments. Dr. Bush’s practice is evidence-based using Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy interventions for the treatment of trauma and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion dysregulation and chronic trauma, as well as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for anxiety. She provides direct specialty patient care for anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, interpersonal distress, chronic pain, and chronic mental health conditions, with experience in a broader array of diagnoses.
  
Dr. Bush’s previous clinical work has been in community mental health and in training community mental health providers to best serve low-income communities, communities of color, and to support suburban LGBTQ+ communities. She has a doctoral concentration in health psychology to support integrative models of whole body treatment and to support mental health across a lifetime. Dr. Bush’s previous research has focused on post-partum depression and relational factors exacerbating depression in couples in this period.