Julie S Jones, PsyD

Julie S. Jones, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with Prisma Heath Children’s Hospital. She received her doctoral training at the Georgia School of Professional Psychology, focusing on pediatric psychology. During doctoral training she completed practica and advanced practica at the Emory University School of Medicine at Grady Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic and Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Center and at the Emory University School of Medicine at Grady Hospital Pediatric Infectious Disease Program. Dr. Jones was then accepted for the O’Grady Residency in Pediatric Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where she provided inpatient and outpatient treatment to children and adolescents presenting with a wide array of medical and developmental conditions, including feeding disorders, hematological/oncological diagnoses, craniofacial anomalies, obesity, and autism spectrum disorders. Following residency she remained at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for two one year postdoctoral fellowships in treatment and research in developmental disorders and pediatric feeding. During the year of fellowship in the Division of Developmental Disorders she provided assessment and treatment of pediatric patients with a wide range of developmental disorders including autism and ADHD.

During her second year of fellowship, Dr. Jones participated in the Interdisciplinary Feeding Team and was the primary research therapist for Dr. Scott Powers’ NIH funded clinical trial of behavioral intervention to improve calorie intake of children with Cystic Fibrosis. Dr. Jones publications and professional presentations include the areas of feeding disorders, PTSD from physical trauma, pediatric HIV, and cognitive behavioral treatment for children with comorbid medical conditions. After fellowship Dr. Jones was employed by the Prisma Health Children’s Hospital. During her tenure at this institution she has treated children and adolescents in Developmental Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Endocrinology. She has also conducted psychological assessment of children with developmental delays, learning disorders, executive dysfunction and autism spectrum disorders. At professional meetings she has presented on topics such as behavioral feeding intervention, ASD and PTSD from physical trauma, and coping and resiliency in chronically ill children and adolescents.