Child HELP Partnership, Executive
Director, Founder
browne@stjohns.edu
Tel: 718-990-2355
Fax: 718-990-1586
Dr. Elissa Brown is the Founder and Executive Director of the Child
HELP Partnership and Professor of Psychology at St. John’s
University. Her primary clinical and research interests
include the prevention and treatment of child trauma and
posttraumatic stress disorder. She has participated in
research on the assessment and treatment of sexual assault, child
physical abuse, and bereavement related to traumatic circumstances,
such as September 11th, 2001.
Dr. Brown has received funding from the National Institute of
Mental Health, New York State Office of Mental Health, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of
Justice, and Private Foundations to evaluate treatments for
traumatized children and adolescents, many of whom are from
culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged
populations. Dr. Brown is a member of several national and
international organizations dedicated to improving mental health
services for traumatized children and is on the Board of the
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.