REBECCA JAYNES, LCPC has been a faculty member with the PIER Training Institute since 2010 and a clinician with the PIER Program since 2007, in both a clinical capacity, and in overseeing community and outreach education.  Rebecca integrates her love of community education with her passion for clinical work, and infuses the principles of early psychosis intervention with peer and recovery-based principles.  Building off years of experience in consulting with states and mental health agencies to implement stigma-reducing, early intervention-enhancing outreach education programs, she has helped to bring quality PIER model services and Multi-Family Groups to many communities throughout the US.

Rebecca specializes in Community Outreach and Family Psychoeducation/Multifamily Groups, and is additionally trained and certified in CBT for psychosis, leading a train-the-trainer effort to expand CBTp services in Maine. Rebecca has a MA in Clinical Psychology from the University of Colorado-Denver, where she received an award as Outstanding Graduate Student, and a BA in psychology from Boston University, where she attained Phi Beta Kappa status.  She holds additional certifications in holistic mental health counseling and CBT for psychosis.

When not working, Rebecca enjoys the outdoors and time with family: “outdoor adventures fuel me, yoga and mindfulness ground me, parenting humbles me, and my clients inspire me.”

Rebecca Jaynes
Rebecca Jaynes,
LCPC
“Reducing stigma is about engaging with communities to share stories of growth and new-found meaning through early intervention. “Rebecca Jaynes, LCPC
  • 2020: Author: Jaynes (2020), “Our Mutual Metamorphosis,” Psychosis, 12(2), pages 195-197.
  • 2019: Co-Author:  Lynch, S, Jaynes, R, Nnguany, N. “Engaging Families and Individuals in Care” ch 6, p 79-95 in Intervening Early in Psychosis: A Team Approach (2019), APA Publishing, Washington DC, eds: Hardy, Ballon, Noordsy, Adelsheim.
  • 2019: Keynote Panel Presenter: ISPS-US Family Panel Presentation—ISPS Annual Conference, New Haven, CT. Topic: Using MultiFamily Groups as a tool for social change.
  • 2017: Co-Author: McFarlane, W & Jaynes, R. Educating Communities to Identify and Engage Youth in the Early Phases of an Initial Psychosis (nasmhpd.org) Outreach Technical Assistance Manual for SAMHSA (available online).
  •  2016: Presenter: ISPS International Conference, Liverpool, UK “Know IT Own IT Harness IT” self-edited collection of videos of young people living well with psychosis and their journeys to recovery