People

Jennifer is responsible for the training and supervision of all PCIT-ED therapists. She also functions as a therapist for families participating in the Parent Child Interaction Therapy – Emotion Development Study. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor who earned a Master’s Degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior to her work at the Early Emotional Development Program she worked for an agency providing mental health services for homeless women with children. She has also worked with adults in a private practice setting. Jennifer joined the EEDP in October of 2004 and has enjoyed many roles since that time including a parent interviewer for Dr. Luby’s longitudinal study of preschool depression, co-author of the PCIT-ED manual, and a coordinator and therapist for an earlier phase of PCIT-ED.

Teresa graduated from Fontbonne University, where she studied Human Services with a minor in Sociology. As an undergraduate, she contributed to Dr. Luby’s Preschool Depression Study. She later worked as a Parents As Teachers parent educator, providing crisis intervention services to immigrant and refugee families through the Head Start program. Since rejoining the Early Emotional Development Program (EEDP), Teresa has worked on a range of research studies and currently serves as the Lab Manager. Individuals interested in employment or student opportunities within the EEDP are encouraged to contact Teresa directly.

Katherine Pope is a Licensed Professional Counselor and earned her Master’s Degree from The University of Missouri – St. Louis. At the EEDP, she currently works on the continuation of the PCIT-ED Therapy study and the Early Development of Over-Control Study.  She also is a volunteer group therapist for grief programs in the St. Louis area and has worked with families in pediatric hospice in the past.

Mary Grace is a therapist for families participating in the Parent Child Interaction Therapy – Emotion Development Study. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor who earned a Master’s degree in Counseling and Family Therapy from Saint Louis University. Mary Grace has over 8 years of clinical experience working with children and families in both a research and private practice setting. Her previous research experience includes substance abuse and its prevalence in families. Mary Grace joined the EEDP in February 2008 and has served many roles, including study coordinator for the Preschool Depression Study and as a therapist in earlier phases of PCIT-ED. She also collaborated with Dr. Luby and colleagues in the development of the Parent Child Interaction Therapy-Emotion Development treatment.

Ashna graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology: Cognitive Neuroscience and a minor in Children’s Studies. She was an undergraduate research assistant in the Cognition and Development Lab and WAVE Lab before joining the EEDP full-time. She now works on both the GLO and NeuCorE+ studies where she conducts fMRI and EEG scans as well as clinical diagnostic interviews.

Gabi graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A in Psychological and Brain Sciences and Anthropology. As a student, she worked as a research assistant in the EEDP and assisted in EEGS for the NOA study. While at the EEDP she completed her honors thesis with Dr. Gilbert examining how comorbid mental disorders influence ERN presentation in pediatric populations. Outside of the EEDP, she worked with Dr. Alysa Liang examining unethical prosocial behavior in the workplace and with graduate students on the Disability, Resilience, and Success Project examining resilience in internship-accredited graduate psychology programs. At the EEDP, she works on the NOA and GLO studies conducting EEGs and clinical interviews.

Becky received a Masters degree in statistics from the University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign in 2002. She has worked in the Washington University psychiatry department as a statistical data analyst since 2002. She is responsible for data management and statistical analysis for several of the research studies being conducted in the EEDP.

Aimee graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During her undergraduate degree she helped on several research projects for the psychology department. She moved to Boulder, Colorado to pursue a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Naropa University with a concentration in Nature-Based Transpersonal Counseling.  Aimee has experience in clinical work with addiction and working with children and adults who have severe mental health disorders. At the EEDP, Aimee works on the NOA project with Dr. Gilbert and the THRIVE project with Dr. Luby.