Jessica Kenny

Jessica Kenny

jessica.kenny@cuanschutz.edu

Dr. Jessica Kenny, PhD is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (UCSOM), and a licensed clinical psychologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO). She is also a Scholar at the Eugene S. Farley Health Policy Center within the Department of Family Medicine, UCSOM.

She completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at CHCO. She graduated from our APA-accredited clinical health psychology doctoral program in 2019. Prior to this, she earned a BA in Psychology and Spanish from Pepperdine University and a MA in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver.

Jessica has extensive clinical, research, and policy related experience in integrated care, pediatric, child, and adolescent psychology, and working in multidisciplinary settings. She is a Qualified Bilingual Staff member at CHCO where she offers clinical services in both English and Spanish. Increasing access to trauma-informed and culturally-sensitive behavioral healthcare for historically marginalized populations is a priority of hers.

Some of Jessica’s projects are:

Kenny, J.J., Allen, E., Renshaw, K., Bhalla, A. & Fredman, S. (2021). Two Perspectives on Accommodation of PTSD Symptoms: Partners versus Service Members. Couple and Family Psychology. Online Advance Publication. doi: 10.1037/cfp0000184

Kenny, J.J., Costello, L., Kelsay, K., Bunik, M., Xiong, S., Chiaravalloti, L., Millar, A. & Talmi, A. (2021). All hands on deck: Addressing adolescent depression in pediatric primary care. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(8): 903-911. doi:  10.1093/jpepsy/jsab033

Simpson, T. S., Kenny, J. J., Wilson, P. E., Clayton, G. H., & Peterson, R. L. (2020). Parent stress for patients followed in a multidisciplinary spinal defects clinic. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 8(4), 326–337. doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000305.

Bhalla, A., Allen, E.S., Renshaw, K., Kenny, J.J. & Litz, B.T. (2018). Emotional numbing symptoms partially mediate the association between exposure to potentially morally injurious experiences and sexual anxiety for male service members. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 19(4): 417-430.

Kenny, J.J, Herr, H.R., Landa, A.K., Miller, B.F. (2018). Menu of Solutions to Advance Mental Health and Well-Being: Evidence Based Interventions on the Clinical to Community Continuum. Prepared for Well Being Trust. Available at: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/docs/librariesprovider231/pdfs/wbt_menu-of-solutions-final.pdf?sfvrsn=c18185b9_2

Kenny, J.J., Gilchrist, E.C., Muther, J.P., Miller, B.F., & Wong, S.L. State Strategies to Optimize Medicaid: The Role of Integrated Behavioral Health. Farley Health Policy Center Issue Brief 1: March 2018. Available at: https://makehealthwhole.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/State-Strategies-to-Optimize-Medicaid-March-2018.pdf