Jacqueline Penn

I am currently an attending child and adolescent psychiatrist/Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University Grossman School of Medicine and the Medical Director of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Association for Children's Services. I completed my child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco and a public psychiatry fellowship at New York University. I was born and raised in New York City, where I also completed my medical education at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine and my adult psychiatry residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. I am currently licensed in New York State. I enjoy working with each family and individual to find out what the needs are. No family, child, adolescent, or adult are the same, and everyone exists within a system. It is important to see a person as a whole, including the family they come from, school, job, community, and much more, in order to treat properly. My approach, when treating a child or adolescent, is to consider the community they are in, come from an attachment-based lens, and meet the youth where they are. Involvement of the parents will be important, especially depending on the age of the youth. My approach, when treating an adult, is to meet that adult where they are, understand their unique situation and treat accordingly. My approach is to create a safe environment in order to create a strong and trusting relationship where each individual is treated in their own unique way. I like to work together to find the best treatment, whether it's psychotherapy, medication management, or both. If I am not an expert in what is needed to optimize treatment, I will provide referrals. Personally and professionally, I am interested in attachment theory and mind-body connection. I have received training in mindfulness-based stress reduction, cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. I utilize each of these different techniques depending on what is needed for each individual and I will apply these techniques, even when doing medication management only. My main areas of focus: anxiety disorders, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, ADHD, trauma, behavioral issues, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), separation anxiety, self-esteem, and school issues.