Full Name
Whitney Kraemer LMHC, CCHP
Job Title
Director of Justice and Health Equity
Company
ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School
Speaker Bio
Ms. Whitney Kraemer, a licensed mental health clinician with 15 years of clinical experience within correctional health care, is responsible for advancing projects to support increased services to justice-involved individuals. She works in partnership with multiple justice-related stakeholders to assist in the development of state policy, connecting incarcerated individuals to healthcare connections prior to their return to the community. Ms. Kraemer has been involved in the development and implementation of the Parole Board's PRO: Community Pathways Program, as a clinical consultant to Parole Board staff.  Her experience includes developing and delivering training courses on best practices for working with incarcerated individuals, behavioral health and addiction needs, trauma, health equity, de-escalation, crisis intervention, the intersection of justice and behavioral health, and suicide prevention.  She has an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University.
Whitney Kraemer