Schenike Massie-Lambert, Ph.D. Program Coordinator is currently the Principal Investigator of the Rutgers Children’s Center for Resilience and Trauma Recovery. Dr. Massie-Lambert is also the Co-chair of Rutgers UBHC’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and has extensive clinical training working with adults, children, and families impacted by trauma. Dr. Massie-Lambert is a member of the Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care Psychology Doctoral Internship Training Committee and is the primary supervisor of the doctoral intern each year rotating in the Children’s Center for Resilience & Trauma Recovery.
As Program Coordinator for the Children’s Center for Resilience and Trauma Recovery, Dr. Massie-Lambert leads a program aimed to infuse trauma-informed care into clinical practice for New Jersey providers serving families of children ages 0-11 that are impacted by complex trauma and coordinates the delivery of evidence-informed prevention interventions to community partners via the center’s current SAMHSA funded Mental Health Awareness Training award. Dr. Massie-Lambert also coordinates the provision of training in evidence-based and evidence-informed screening, assessment, and treatment for trauma and related issues to New Jersey providers contracted with the New Jersey Children’s System of Care- the nation’s premier model of a statewide children’s behavioral healthcare system.
In 2013 Dr. Massie-Lambert was a doctoral level intern at NJ’s Veteran’s Healthcare System where she received extensive training and supervision in implementing prolonged exposure therapy and cognitive processing therapy. She then completed her graduate studies at Adelphi University’s Derner Institute where she was trained in relational and interpersonal therapies, and earned a doctorate in clinical psychology in May 2014. In 2014, Dr. Massie-Lambert received a certificate in post-traumatic stress management and psychological first aid. In 2019, Dr. Massie-Lambert became a certified National Trainer for both Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) suicide prevention program and Youth Mental Health First Aid. Also, worth noting is that she recently became a National Trainer in Psychological First Aid in December 2020. Over the course of her training and career Dr. Massie-Lambert has worked in various settings including schools, hospitals, and foster care settings both providing direct care and serving as an advocate for equitable mental health supports. She is passionate about increasing mental health awareness and working with historically underrepresented populations.