Jessica Lertora, MSW, LCSW-C, IMH-E

National Trainer and Consulting Clinical Trainer (CPP)

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP),

Jessica Lertora, MSW, LCSW-C, IMH-E, is a licensed clinical social worker employed with the NC Child Treatment Program as an Endorsed National Trainer for Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). In addition to her efforts to disseminate CPP across the state of North Carolina, Ms. Lertora is also the Community Coordinator for Frederick County Maryland’s Safe Babies Court Team with ZERO TO THREE. Her previous experience includes work as a reunification social worker with the Frederick County Department of Social Services and as an early childhood mental health clinician at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Taghi Modarressi Center for Infant Study: Secure Starts program.

Ms. Lertora has dedicated her career to providing a multitude of evidence-based therapeutic interventions to families with young children who have experienced trauma, as well as consultation to various early childhood providers. Many of these efforts have included leading training efforts across the sate of Maryland as well as across the United States. Her passion and expertise lie in cross-collaborative systems level work, bringing awareness to infant and early childhood mental health, and compassion fatigue.

Ms. Lertora graduated from the University of Maryland School of Social Work with an MSW focused on a dual concentration in Clinical (Mental Health) and MACRO. Her credentials include a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) certification in the state of Maryland, registration as a social work supervisor, an Infant Mental Health Mentor – Clinical endorsement, and membership in the Maryland/DC Infant Mental Health Association. At the national level, Ms. Lertora is endorsed as a trainer for Child Parent Psychotherapy and is a member of the World Association for Infant Mental Health.