Jessica Kelliher Rabon, PhD

Jessica Kelliher Rabon, PhD, received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Furman University, her master's in clinical psychology from Western Carolina University and her PhD in clinical psychology from East Tennessee State University. She completed her APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at Virginia Treatment Center for Children and her post-doctoral fellowship with the Division of Pediatric Psychology at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital. Upon completion of her fellowship, she accepted a position as a staff psychologist at Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Rabon is part of the hospital’s pediatric supportive care team, providing emotional support, education, an intervention focused on coping skills, symptom management, and adjustment to living with a complex medical condition to children and adolescents. Additionally, she provides outpatient therapy services to children and adolescents with comorbid mental and physical health conditions.

She has developed skills and expertise working with children, adolescents, and families presenting with a diverse range of presenting problems in a variety of different clinical settings including pediatric primary care, community mental health, foster-care, in-home, hospital-based and acute inpatient settings. She has extensive experience conducting psychoeducational and psychiatric assessments on children and adolescents and, therapeutically, has knowledge and training in a variety of different theoretical orientations.

Rabon’s clinical interests include working with children and adolescents with complex medical conditions, depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviors, and those who identify as LGBTQ+. She has co-authored journal articles, book chapters, and presented research at national conferences in the areas of positive psychology, health psychology, suicidal behavior, depression and anxiety. Additionally, she is the co-editor of the book A Positive Psychological Approach to Suicide: Theory, Research, and Prevention. In her spare time, Rabon enjoys exercising, music, crafting and spending time with family, friends and her dog.