Jennifer Ross Callahan, PsyD
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Psychology​
She/Her/Hers

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (617) 244-2700

Jennifer Ross Callahan, PsyD
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Psychology​

Dr. Ross-Callahan is a Post-Doctoral Fellow who graduated from The Wright Institute, in Berkeley, CA, where she received her Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology. While at The Wright Institute, she also received her Master of Arts (MA). As an undergraduate, she graduated Cum Laude at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she received a Bachelor of Arts (BA).
 
Training Background
Dr. Ross-Callahan has an extensive background in working with children, adolescents, young adults, and adults. She has worked in settings that have included inpatient, outpatient, hospitals, therapeutic school programs, and behavioral therapy clinics. She has enhanced her understanding of her clients’ needs at various agencies across the country including the California Department of State Hospitals, McLean Hospital, and Berkley’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinic.
 
While at the California Department of State Hospitals, Dr. Ross-Callahan frequently collaborated with multidisciplinary treatment teams to facilitate high-quality, collaborative care for her patients. She connected with patients residing in their inpatient units, leading group therapy, and completing risk assessments has made her a well-versed clinician, able to adapt to all her clients’ needs. During her time at McLean Hospital, Dr. Ross-Callahan applied her skills in many roles throughout the hospital by providing care to patients across the age spectrum. Her treatment modalities included leading therapeutic adolescent therapy groups, providing family therapy, and assessing patient safety on the unit. Her time at the Berkley Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinic has provided her with the necessary experience to holistically address clients who struggled with anxiety disorders, depression, personality disorders, and complex trauma who required support and coordination of their outpatient team.
 
Clinical Experience
Dr. Ross-Callahan’s clinical background has provided her with extensive experience in working with patients who experience anxiety, depression, personality disorders and complex trauma. Her systems-based approach to clinical work has included coordination of families, couples, schools, inpatient, and outpatient treatment teams. Her goal is to promote a holistic understanding of their combined emotional and behavioral challenges in a format that is warm, welcoming, and conducive to treatment. She utilizes her prior experience doing individual, group, and family-centered treatment to help address the complex needs of her patients at CCS. Her work with patients requiring varying levels of treatment has given her the necessary skills and experience to address her clients’ needs for care and has made her a valuable team member, collaborating with fellow clinicians at CCS on a range of clinical cases.

​Approach:

  • ​Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Mindfulness Based Treatment
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Relational Therapy
  • Emotion Education
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness
  • Expressive Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  • Play Therapy

​Modalities:

Clinical Expertise:

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Personality Disorders
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Risk Assessments
  • Social Skills
  • Complex Trauma and PTSD
  • Children and Adolescents
  • Coping Skills
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • Peer Relationships
  • Relationship issues
  • School issues

​Locations:

Newton:
    44 Thornton Street
     Newton, MA 02458

Lexington:
    35 Bedford Street
     Suite #8, Courtyard Entrance
     Lexington, MA 02420

Insurance Options:

Sliding Fee Scale Available
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In-Network Insurance:
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield​
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Optum
    • ​United Health Care
    • Mass General Brigham Health Plans
    • Oxford
    • UMR
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Out-of-Network Insurance:
  • Not Accepted