College of Education and Human Development

School of Social Work

Jillian Wright

  • Pronouns: she/her/hers

  • Associate Director of Community Engagement, Center for Practice Transformation

"If I didn’t belong to you, I wouldn’t be here/ If you didn’t belong to me, you wouldn’t have come/Your liberation is tied to my liberation/ My liberation is tied to your liberation, and My heart & Your heart are very old friends." ~ Ruth King

Jillian Wright

Areas of interest

Anti-oppression, trauma, substance use, intersectional feminism, liberation

Degrees

MPS, LPCC, LADC

Biography

Jillian began her work with the Center for Practice Transformation as a graduate research assistant while she completed her master’s in Integrated Behavioral Health. She is currently the Center’s Associate Director of Community Engagement and continues work as a clinical trainer.

At the Center for Practice Transformation Jillian helped evaluate a new psychotherapy intervention for people who have recently experienced their first episode of psychosis. Prior to this, Jillian worked with research teams studying resilience, co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use disorders at the Minneapolis Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center.

Jillian  is passionate about supporting practitioners in deepening their commitment to heart-centered, recovery-focused, evidence-informed care, and in therapy practice, she is proud to have been certified in prolonged exposure for the treatment of  PTSD. As a psychotherapist she is humbled to witness the incredible resilience and healing processes of those she serves.