Racial Trauma in Black Clients

Jennifer R. Jones-Damis, PsyD, is Director of the Counseling Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is an active participant with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), particularly on the Schools Committee and the Justice Consortium Committee. Dr. Jones-Damis’s research interests focus on understanding and addressing traumatic stress and racial trauma in individuals and systems. She holds positions on the state and national boards of the Association of Black Psychologists.

Kelly N. Moore, PsyD, is Director of the Center for Psychological Services in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She also has a private practice providing mental health treatment, training and consultation. Dr. Moore's clinical foci are trauma, anxiety, and perinatal disorders, and she consults and trains professionals and graduate students on culturally responsive supervision, racial trauma, and the influence of culture on the manifestation of mental health challenges.