Keith Cruise is Professor and Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at Fordham University and Co-Director of the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice (CTRJJ), a technical assistance center affiliated with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN).  He holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Texas and a Masters of Legal Studies degree from the University of Nebraska.  Dr. Cruise conducts research on the clinical-forensic assessment of youth within the juvenile justice system.  Various research projects have focused on developing and validating specialized risk assessment protocols, investigating the utility of mental health screening instruments with justice-involved youth, and understanding the connection between trauma exposure, trauma reactions, and delinquent behavior. Dr. Cruise’s clinical-forensic practice has involved providing direct care assessment and treatment services with justice-involved adolescents conducting post-disposition assessments of risk and treatment amenability, providing expert testimony to juvenile courts, and providing technical assistance and consultation to local and state juvenile justice systems in implementing trauma-informed screening and assessment practices. Dr. Cruise has received grant funding (NIJ, OJJDP, SAMHSA) to examine the effectiveness of enhanced mental health screening for poly-victimization, trauma-informed case planning, and the impact of trauma screening on service delivery and legal outcomes for justice-involved youth.

Jake Samuels is a sixth-year doctoral candidate in Fordham University's Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. As a clinical extern he has worked in hospital settings, community mental health clinics, substance use clinics, and university counseling centers, delivering individual, group, couple's therapy, and family therapy to children, adolescents, and adults via in-person and virtual formats. His theoretical orientation combines Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Model and third wave Cognitive Behavioral techniques to contextualize psychological processes within broader interpersonal and sociological systems, implementing evidence-based techniques (e.g., cognitive defusion, mindfulness) in service of patient-identified values and goals. Currently, he is a part-time clinician in the group practice of Soffer and Associates, and a member of Fordham Counseling and Psychological Services’ Student Advisory Board. Beginning in August 2023 he will serve as a Psychology Intern at Hofstra University’s Student Counseling Services. His research interests center around trauma, race, culture, and their intersections with the justice system. His dissertation project is evaluating the feasibility of the T4 intervention when delivered virtually to parents/caregivers of justice-involved and high-risk adolescents. Jake views expanding access to mental health services through community partnerships as a key goal in his professional work, and he is excited to be working with CCMH in this capacity.

Linden Loutzenhiser is a fifth-year doctoral candidate enrolled in Fordham University's Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program, focusing her studies on issues that intersect psychology and the law. As a clinical extern, she has worked in various settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, community mental health programs, mandated court mental health programs, university counseling centers, private practice, and university law clinics. Linden's clinical experiences have encompassed individual and group therapy, general clinical and forensic assessment, and have spanned children, adolescents, and adults across both in-person and virtual formats. Linden considers her theoretical orientation to be eclectic, including a combination of cognitive-behavioral based approaches (e.g., dialectical behavior therapy) and interpersonal and developmental-based approaches to offer evidence-based treatment to her clients. Broadly, Linden’s professional goal is to use her training to assist individuals and systems to make sustainable, desired, and needed change in emotional and behavioral domains. The T4 intervention program is an excellent way for Linden to work toward this goal by fostering community relationships and providing psychoeducation about trauma responses, ultimately empowering community members to more effectively navigate their own trauma responses and those of others in their lives.

Crissy Glover is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Fordham University Clinical Psychology program. As a clinical psychology extern, she has provided individual therapy to adults in college counseling centers and community mental health clinics. Currently, she provides individual therapy and assessment services to adolescents and adults at the Fordham Community Mental Health Clinic. She previously worked in the community behavioral health division of a large hospital providing supportive services to adolescents and young adults in homeless shelters, and collaborating with community leaders to establish community mental health programs and clinics for individuals at risk for homelessness and gun violence. Her professional goals include working with adolescents and young adults with justice involvement, and implementing trauma-informed systems of care for individuals in these settings as well as in their communities.