Jessica Bonatakis, Psy.D. (she/her/hers -and- fae/faer/faers)

Dr. Jessica Bonatakis is a licensed psychologist, having completed her doctoral studies at Adler University, where she received specialized training in Socially Responsible Practice, an approach that builds practitioners for the life pursuit of becoming effective personal and social change agents in the name of social justice. She is the lead developer and co-investigator of TRAIN: Trauma Recovery for Autistic, Intellectually disabled, and Neurodivergent adults. Dr. Bonatakis is an autistic, multiply neurodivergent, and queer survivor of complex trauma who is passionate about serving the LGBTQ+ community and those who practice diverse relationship structures. Her lived experience and ongoing professional development inform her expertise in serving trauma survivors, the misunderstood, the historically excluded, change and movement makers, and families with young children who communicate through unexpected, confusing, and baffling behavior.

Dr. Bonatakis relies upon an integrative, identity-affirming approach that is driven by lived experience-informed practice and draws from the following models of care:

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma

• Trauma Resiliency Model

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

• Brainspotting

• Autistic-Centered Therapy

• AutPlay Therapy

• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

When she’s not working, you can find her in the snow, loving on her two cats, practicing Yoga and Reiki, roller skating, enjoying forms of nature, making music, or nose deep in a book.

JESSICA BONATAKIS IS A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS (PA LICENSE # PS018803) AND THE COLORADO BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS (CO LICENSE # PSY.00058671).