Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis Faculty

JERRY H. DUNN, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis (CASGSL) and oversees the clinical, forensic, research and training activities of the agency’s two sites. Dr. Dunn is a licensed psychologist and is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her clinical and research interests involve assessment and treatment of high-risk children and their family members in community and school based settings. Dr. Dunn received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, interned with the St. Louis Psychology Internship Consortium and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the Community Psychological Service. Dr. Dunn maintains active membership in child centered organizations at the local, state and federal levels. She serves on the Advisory Council for the St. Louis Family and Community Partnership, sits on the Board of Directors for Missouri KidsFirst and acts as the agency liaison to the National Childhood Traumatic Stress Network.

MATTHEW D. KLIETHERMES, Ph.D., is the Manager of Clinical Services for Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis (CASGSL). Dr. Kliethermes is a Missouri Licensed Psychologist/Health Services Provider and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology at UMSL. He provides direct clinical services to children and families who have been exposed to trauma and conducts clinical supervision with psychological trainees at CASGSL. He received his B.S. in Psychology at Truman State University (1996) and his M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2003) in Clinical Psychology at Saint Louis University. He interned at La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Trauma Recovery at UM-St. Louis. He has extensive training and experience working with children exposed to trauma and clinical interests include evidence-based treatment for child trauma, complex trauma in children and adolescents, and traumatic grief.

MEGAN M. SCHACHT, Ph.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor and the Manager of Clinical Operations with the Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis (CASGSL) at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL. She attended graduate school in clinical psychology at the University of Missouri – St. Louis and received a doctoral degree with an emphasis in child clinical psychology. Dr. Schacht completed a pre-doctoral internship at Aurora Mental Health Center in Aurora, CO where she provided psychological services with the Adolescent Intensive Outpatient team who provided services to adolescents who were in foster care, recently hospitalized, or involved with juvenile justice. Dr. Schacht continues to provide direct clinical services to children and adolescents at Children’s Advocacy Services, but also serves as the agency’s Manager of Clinical Operations. She has special professional interest in the areas of complex trauma, sexual abuse, Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Integrated Treatment of Complex Trauma (ITCT), Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS), psychological assessment of children and adolescents with trauma histories, general psychological assessment, and mental health administration.

NATALIE H. WILCOX, Ph.D. is a psychologist at the Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis (CASGSL). She provides individual, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents and their non offending caregivers. Dr. Wilcox received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri Kansas City and completed her internship at the Family Service and Guidance Center in Topeka Kansas. Dr. Wilcox joined CASGSL following completion of the APA Accredited post-doctoral training program at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center with emphasis areas in pediatric psychology and child maltreatment. During her fellowship, Dr. Wilcox participated in and graduated from the Interdisciplinary Training Program at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center that provides specialized training in child maltreatment issues to advanced students in psychology, medicine, social work, law, dentistry, and physical/occupational therapy. She also received specialized training in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and a manualized and evidence based treatment for Children with Sexual Behavior Problems. Her clinical and research interests include assessment and treatment of children and adolescent victims of child maltreatment, treatment of pre-school and school age children with sexual behavior problems, behavior and emotional problems resulting from exposure to domestic violence, and attachment issues related to the experience of child maltreatment. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Wilcox is the Project Director for the Center’s Children with Sexual Behavior Problems program, supervises graduate students and provides training to area professionals in topics related to child maltreatment.