Jenny Hughes, PhD (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist, assistant professor, author, and founder of The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective, a global community supporting trauma therapists in staying connected to their work without disconnecting from themselves.

Dr. Hughes received her PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2014 and completed her internship and postdoctoral training at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Jenny serves on faculty at both UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, where she trains psychology interns and psychiatry residents in trauma-informed care, vicarious resilience, and the treatment of PTSD across the lifespan.

Her clinical and research work centers on posttraumatic stress, vicarious trauma, and vicarious resilience, with special interests in trauma-focused interventions following injury and the use of virtual reality in PTSD treatment.