Corinne Ellen Meijer, PhD

CorinneEMeijer@gmail.com

Licensed Psychologist

Community Mental Health Program Developer | Clinical Community Psychologist

Over 20 years of mission-driven direct clinical work, supervision, program development, and operational management, consistently focused on disrupting the intergenerational transmission of trauma and behavioral health problems that impact marginalized families in particular. My ongoing goal is to utilize my professional and lived experiences to partner at all levels, i.e., with policy makers, service providers, community organizers and advocates, and family members, to improve the lives of children, youth, and adults impacted by behavioral health and/or trauma.
Skills and Talents Researching and learning Analyzing and solving problems Strategic planning Budgeting Grant-writing Communicating and training Motivating / engaging personnel Creating innovative change
Professional Experience Community Connections, Inc. Chief of Family Integration	Washington, DC 2016-Present
Support the CEO, CFO, and management team with strategic planning, change management, analytics, problem solving and implementing daily operations, and consistent messaging to ensure the delivery of comprehensive, effective, and respectful clinical care to over 3000 District residents with serious mental health illness, reflective of our four fold commitment to developing and providing innovative direct clinical care and evidence based practices, training young professionals to provide these services, partnering with universities to provide research into best practices in community mental health, and disseminating information about best practices both locally and nationally Develop and implement integrated system of care improvements for community mental health family services and transitional age youth services across all three Community Connections sites Collaborate with other agency representatives to ensure continuity of care and to solve problems arising from systemic barriers and/or inconsistencies Identify and pursue opportunities for program development, including funding opportunities such as grants, partnerships, innovative projects Lead the Family Coaching Project, a collaboration with the DC Department of Behavioral Health (DBH), Child and Family Services Administration (CFSA), Dr. Laurel Kiser, University of Maryland, to provide Family Peer outreach, support and coaching, to help families engage in service and strengthen their support networks Implement (as Principle Investigator) the Healing, Empowering, and Recovering Together (HEART) Project as part of building a National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) Category III, Community Treatment and Services Center in the District to improve early access to integrated high quality behavioral health and trauma specific treatment for children, adolescents and their families who are living with mental illness, addiction, and inter-generational trauma in the District of Columbia (funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Department of Health and Human Services)
Community Connections Child and Adolescent Services Program (Now The Center for Families and Children at Community Connections) Program Director, Clinical Supervisor, Psychotherapist	Washington, DC 2001-2016
Joined the Senior Leadership in 2011. Developed and grew the Child and Adolescent Program from a pilot program with three families, to a program now serving over 600 children, youth, and parents with serious and/or complex mental health problems Organized and oversaw all program operations, including the clinic, intake, therapy and community support services, evidenced-based treatments (EBTs), office management, budgeting, quality assurance and improvement Managed 45 staff, on average, including child psychiatrists, licensed clinical managers, therapists, supervisors, clinical case managers, on-call staff, support staff Hired and trained staff, developed curriculum for ongoing professional development of staff Led and/or contributed to grant-writing and project development
The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Hygiene and Public Health Faculty, Program Developer, Clinical and Cross-training Coordinator, Therapist	Baltimore, MD 1999-2001
Joint Appointment with The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Developed and coordinated the Baltimore Child Development-Community Policing (CD-CP) Program in partnership with community members, police and mental health providers for the purpose of assisting children impacted by violence Wrote grants and pursued funding Developed curriculum for and facilitated cross-training sessions with community members, police and mental health providers Organized and implemented on-call and crisis response Recruited, hired, trained and supervised staff and participants Presented the program locally and nationally
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Children and Adolescent Mental Health Center Therapist	Baltimore, MD 1994-1999
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry East Baltimore Police/Community/Mental Health Partnership School-Based Program Program Coordinator	Baltimore, MD 1997-1999
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry East Baltimore Mental Health Partnership School-Based Program School-Based Clinician	Baltimore, MD 1994-1997
Community Connections, Inc. Psychotherapist	Washington, DC 1993-1994
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx Psychiatric Center Psychology Intern	The Bronx, New York 1992-1993
Kennedy Institute Family Center Psychology Extern	Baltimore, MD 1991-1992
University of Maryland Counseling Center Psychosocial Therapeutic Summer Camp Therapist/Counselor	The Bronx, New York Summers 1989-1991
DC Air National Guard Lowery Air Force Base, Denver, CO Avionics Specialist	Andrews Air Force Base Washington, DC 1984-1988
Honorable Discharge 1990.
Education University of Maryland, College Park, MD Clinical Community Psychology Doctoral Program (fully accredited by the American Psychology Association) Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology (1993) Masters of Arts, Psychology (1989) Catholic University of America, Washington, DC University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD Bachelor of Arts, French Language and Literature (1982) Wilson High School, Washington, DC
Research Experience Doctoral dissertation: "White Racial Identity Development and Coping Responses to Diversity in the Introduction to Psychology Curriculum" (1992), Co-Directed by Janet Helms, PhD, and LaRue Allen, PhD, Department of Psychology Department, University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) Psychology Research Assistant to Janet Helms, PhD (1990-1991), Psychology Department, UMCP Research Assistant to the Children’s Outreach and Program Evaluation Project (1989), Directed by Forrest B. Tyler, PhD, Psychology Department, UMCP Master's Thesis: "A Study of the Relationship between Coping Orientation, Persistence, and Academic Achievement at the University of Maryland" (1989), Directed by Forrest Tyler, PhD, Psychology Department, UMCP Published Article: "Dual-task performance using degraded speech in a sentence-verification task," Schmidt-Nielsen, A., Kallman, H.J. & Meijer, C. Bull. Psychon. Soc. (1990) 28: 7. doi:10.3758/BF03337633. Psychology Research Assistant, Supervised by Astrid Schmidt-Nielsen, PhD, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Teaching Experience Trainer, in-house and in the community, Community Connections (2002 – Present) Faculty, presenter, trainer, Johns Hopkins University/Hospital, CD-CP (1999-2001) Guest lecturer in schools, Johns Hopkins University (1997-2000) Instructor, Statistics 200, University of Maryland, College Park (1991-1992) Teaching Assistant, Psychology Department, University of Maryland, College Park (1987-1991)
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