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Jacqueline N. Guajardo, MA, PhDAssistant Professor of Family MedicineDirector of Behavioral Health, Family Medicine Center at Asylum Hill
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Dr. Jacqueline Guajardo is a licensed clinical psychologist. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the City University of New York and a Master of Arts in forensic psychology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Guajardo completed her graduate fellowships at the Bellevue Hospital and Medical Center Forensic Unit in New York City, the Counseling Services Unit of the Kings County District Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, NY, and the Project Second Try Program for Juvenile Sex Offenders of the Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
For more than a decade, Dr. Guajardo has provided mental health treatment, clinical and forensic evaluation services for children, families and adults. Since coming to Connecticut in 2008, Dr. Guajardo has served as a both clinical and consulting psychologist for the Connecticut State Department of Children and Families, where she provided clinical consultation and training to the Department's Girls Services Unit and Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team. Dr. Guajardo has also served as a practicing staff psychologist and faculty member for the Albert J. Solnit Center South Campus, Connecticut's only state-run psychiatric hospital for children. Dr. Guajardo has also served as Chief Psychologist and Director of Juvenile Justice Intermediate Evaluations for the Village for Families and Children in Hartford.
Prior to relocating to Connecticut in 2008, Dr. Guajardo served as the clinical coordinator for the FEMA-SAMHSA funded, Child and Adolescent Trauma Treatment Services Program (CATS) for children and families affected by the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, where she was among the first to introduce and modify evidenced based trauma-focused therapies to meet the needs of inner city ethnic and linguistic minority children and communities.
Dr. Guajardo's clinical specialties and research interests include the integration of psychotherapy and complimentary alternative medical practices; multi-cultural assessment and treatment of severe mental illness, assessment and treatment of self-injury, child sexual abuse, domestic minor sex trafficking, domestic homicide, traumatic grief and loss; development of best practices for gay, lesbian and transgender mental health services; assessment and development of community approaches to reduce ethnic and racial disparities in the mental health and criminal justice systems.
| Degree | Institution | Major |
|---|---|---|
| BA | University of California, San Diego (Revelle College) | Communications |
| MA | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York | Forensic Psychology |
| PhD | City College of the City University of New York | Clinical Psychology |
Post-Graduate Training
| Training | Institution | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Certification | Trauma & Recovery Humanitarian Assistance Programs | Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Part 1&2 |
Awards
| Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Achievement in Supervision/Teaching | Greater Hartford Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium |
| Diversity in Psychology Community Organization Award | Ethnic Diverity Task Force, CT Psychological Association |
| I.H. Paul Outstanding Dissertation Award (co-recipient) | City College of the City University of New York |
| FAR Fund Dissertation Fellowship Award for Excellence in Research with Implications to Affect Social Policy | City College of the City University of New York |
Diversity
Trauma
Intimate partner violence
Human trafficking
Treatment of serious mental illness
Depression
Anxiety
Gender-informed care
Psychological, personality, psychosexual and autism evaluations
Child and adolescent psychology
| Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Society for Teachers of Family Medicine | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | Other | National | 2023 | |
| FMCAH Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee: To center the values of diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism in the culture of the Family Medicine Center at Asylum Hill, amongst students, residents, staff, faculty and patients to ultimately improve patient care, achieve greater health equity and reduce health disparities. | Advisory Committee | Co-Chair | UConn Health | University | 2023 | |
| Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, Family Medicine Center at Asylum Hill | Other | Co-Chair | Other | Local | 2022 |
Trauma and resiliency in ethnic minority populations
| Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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| Andria Matthews, MD, MPH, Kiran, Lorick, MD, Jacqueline N. Guajardo, MA, PhD, Emeka Okwwudili, MD, Family Medicine Education Consortium Annual Meeting, Breakfast Discussion, Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism in an Academic Family Medicine Department, Providence, RI , October 14, 2023 | Other | 2023 | Providence, RI | |
| Kenia Rivera-Mansilla, MD, Emeka Okwudili, MD, Jacqueline N. Guajardo, MA, PhD, Gun Violence Home Visiting Program: Community Service Learning and Collaboration, May 15, 2023, Tampa, FL | Other | Society for Teachers of Family Medicine 2023 Annual Spring Conference | 2023 | Tampa, FL |
| Cultural Formulation in Clinical Practice | Other | VA Connecticut Healthcare System | 2019 | UCONN Health Center |
| Cultural Formulation in Clinical Practice | Other | Yale Dept. of Psychiatry | 2019 | Yale University, New Haven CT |
| The Cultural Formulation Model: 2 Cases from Urban America | Lecture | Yale Dept of Psychia | 2018 | New Haven, CT |
| Complicated Grief in Urban America: An Illustration of the Cultural Formulation | Lecture | Yale University Dept. of Psychiatry | 2017 | Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| Sexuality and Sexual Behaviors as Developmental Processes. | Lecture | University of Connecticut Adoption Assistance Center | 2016 | Klingeberg Family Services, New Britain, CT |
| Girls and Relational Aggression | Lecture | University of Connecticut Adoption Assistance Center | 2016 | Klingeberg Family Services, New Britain CT |
| CT Models for Change to Reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact Youth Law Enforcement Curriculum. Module on Adolescent Development, Trauma and Mental Health. | Other | Center for Children's Advocacy | 2016 | Sports and Medical Sciences Academy, Hartford, CT |
| Youth Mental Health First Aid | Other | Connecticut Department of Children and Families | 2016 | DCF Central Office, Hartford, CT |
| “Crying after the sun goes down”: Caring for Karen families using cultural case formulation of integrated medical, behavioral, and complementary and alternative medicine in primary care | Lecture | Collaborative Family Healthcare Association | 2016 | 18thAnnual Conference, Charlotte, NC |