Jacqueline Wright

Jackie Wright, LICSW, has over a decade of experience as a certified trauma therapist, specializing in providing individually tailored, evidence-based therapies for the sustainable treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression. Jackie currently owns and operates a private practice, the Minnesota Evidence-based Therapy and Assessment Clinic, LLC, with a focus on providing high quality, evidence-based care to the public sector. She also advises, trains and provides group learnings for a range of public and private organizations, and has an extensive background working with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Specialties & certifications: • Cognitive Processing Therapy (Certification, 2009) • Prolonged Exposure (Certification, 2012) • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Relevant experience: • Department of Veterans’ Affairs (2008-2018) 1) Trauma and DBT therapist in Veterans Affairs in both Minnesota and California, treating veterans of all war cohorts with PTSD from combat and/or military sexual trauma. 2) National DBT trainer and consultant for developing VA DBT programs (Indianapolis, Chicago, Lexington, Omaha, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Minneapolis). 3) Director of the DBT Outpatient Program for the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 4) Collaborated in the development and implementation of an unprecedented pilot intensive outpatient program to treat concurrent PTSD and BPD, Journeys, at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. 5) Featured by the National Center for PTSD for her work in Prolonged Exposure. • Training, advising and group learning (2009-present) 1) National DBT trainer and consultant in the public sector (Orlando). 2) Adjunct Professor (University of St Thomas, Masters of Social Work Program) 3) Guest lecturer (St Olaf, St Thomas, University of Minnesota) 4) Continuing education workshops (University of Minnesota School of Social Work) 5) Ongoing didactic consultation for developing public DBT programs. 6) Adjunct advisor and mental health expert consultant for Marvelle Co. Education & Training: • Master of Social Work, University of Minnesota • Clinical Internships: Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Posttraumatic Stress Recovery Program; University of Minnesota Medical Center, Acute Adult Chemical Dependency Inpatient Unit • Peace Corps (Zambia)