Vanessa Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Assistant Director of Community Programs
rodrigv2@stjohns.edu
Tel: (718) 990-5479
Fax: (718) 990-1586

Vanessa Rodriguez, Ph.D., is a Clinician and the Assistant Director of Community Programs at the Child HELP Partnership. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from St. John’s University.  Her dissertation focused on the effectiveness of Cognitive Processing Therapy for Mexican women with a history of trauma. She has worked for the Child HELP Partnership since 2004 as a clinician and researcher for the PARTNERS clinic-based initiative and state psychiatric inpatient project.  Her clinical and research interests include cultural adaptations to evidence-based trauma treatment for Latino families, increasing mental health service utilization within Latino communities, and early childhood mental health.