Full Name
Rebecca Jackson PhD
Job Title
Vice President Behavioral Health
Company
Wellpath
Speaker Bio
Rebecca Jackson is the Vice President of Behavioral Health for Wellpath Recovery Solutions.  Previously, she served as the Clinical Director at the Florida Civil Commitment Center and Director of Sexually Violent Predator Clinical Programs.  Prior to Wellpath, she was an Associate Professor and Director of the Forensic Psychology Ph.D. program at Palo Alto University.  Her research interests include sex offender treatment, risk assessment and personality disorders.  The second edition of her textbook, Learning Forensic Assessment: Research and Practice, was published in 2016.  She is a past recipient of the American Psychological Association's Theodore Blau Award for Early Career Contributions to Clinical Psychology and past President of the Sex Offender Civil Commitment Programs Network.  She received her Bachelor's degree in psychology from West Virginia University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of North Texas. She completed her residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine's Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy program.