Julia Jones, MS, is a Licensed Professional Counselor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. She received her Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2002. She is a Nationally Approved trainer for PSB-CBT. Her clinical interests are the assessment and treatment of youth with problematic sexual behaviors and youth with problematic parent-child relationships. Ms. Jones is currently a clinical therapist in the VOCA Program for Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior and Victimization. She is also a member of the Training and Technical assistance team for the PSB-CBT school age model, assisting with training to regional providers and facilitating training to the community and its stakeholders.
Ms. Jones has been trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), an evidenced based treatment for children and adolescents, as well as caregivers of these youth, who have been impacted by trauma; she is a certified Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) therapist and Within-Agency Trainer for PCIT, an evidenced based treatment for young children with disruptive behavior disorders. Ms. Jones has received training for children with autism spectrum disorders, having provided treatment for this population over the past 10 years. Ms. Jones is involved in the SOGI Committee for the PSB Training and Technical Assistance Team to further enhance equality and to provide more inclusive language and less bias for all gender and races.