Training/Experience

I have a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Masters of Science in General Psychology from the University of Memphis, where I was awarded the S. Howard Bartley Scholar Award.

I have been in the mental health field for 20 years, treating both adolescent and adult populations, and in all levels-of-care: inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings.

I have authored over a dozen research publications in academic journals such as the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Psychotherapy Research, Clinical Psychology Review, and the International Journal of Eating Disorders, and have functioned as a subject expert for radio, television, the LA Times, and Psychology Today.

Passionate about social justice, Health At Every Size®, and the interplay of treatment and technology, I served as Vice President of the international board of the Association of Size Diversity And Health (ASDAH); co-created a recovery app; and have spoken at local, national, and international conferences (click here for a full list of presentations and publications).

For almost 15 years, I have worked at a large behavioral health organization (Center For Discovery/Discovery Behavioral Health) where I have played multiple roles (e.g., therapist, program director, supervisor, research director). I am currently the Executive Director of Clinical Outcomes and highlights from my role include supervising therapists-in-training, running family groups, developing curriculum, and working to make programming more inclusive.

I have been trained in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Family-Based Therapy, and Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy. I was Certified as an Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) in 2014, and am the Past President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp), and a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED).

For more information about my professional background, click here to view my CV.

Privileges

I am a white, thin, able-body, cisgender, feminine-presenting woman. These identities have helped me move through the world more easily than someone with more marginalized identities. I recognize these undeserved advantages and try to hold them in my awareness during therapy and my personal life. I am committed to the work of dismantling systems of oppression and welcome being educated (including being called out) on mistakes, while knowing that it is my responsibility to educate myself. I take that education seriously and continuously seek training on working with clients who hold marginalized identities, on examining and rooting out my own implicit biases, and on practicing from a place of cultural humility.

Publications

Mensinger, J. L., Cox, S. A., & Henretty, J. R. (2021). Treatment outcomes and trajectories of change in patients attributing their eating disorder onset to anti-obesity messaging. Psychosomatic medicine, 83(7), 777.

Murray, M. F., Cox, S. A., Henretty, J. R., & Haedt‐Matt, A. A. (2021). Women of diverse sexual identities admit to eating disorder treatment with differential symptom severity but achieve similar clinical outcomes. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(9), 1652-1662.

Duffy, M. E., Lieberman, A., Siegfried, N., Henretty, J. R., Bass, G., Cox, S. A., & Joiner, T. E. (2020). Body Trust, agitation, and suicidal ideation in a clinical eating disorder sample. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(10), 1746-1750.

Mensinger, J. L., Granche, J. L., Cox, S. A., & Henretty, J. R. (2020). Sexual and gender minority individuals report higher rates of abuse and more severe eating disorder symptoms than cisgender heterosexual individuals at admission to eating disorder treatment. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(4), 541-554.

Fisher, M., Henretty, J. R., Cox, S. A., Feinstein, R., Fornari, V., Moskowitz, L., ... & Fishbein, J. (2020). Demographics and outcomes of patients with eating disorders treated in residential care. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2985.

Levitt, H. M., Minami, T., Greenspan, S. B., Puckett, J. A., Henretty, J. R., Reich, C. M., & Berman, J. S. (2018). How therapist self-disclosure relates to alliance and outcomes: A naturalistic study. Disclosure and Concealment in Psychotherapy, 7.

Henretty, J. R. (2018). Therapist Self-Disclosure: For Better and For Worse? Therapist Self-Disclosure, 225-230.

Henretty, J. R. (2017). What’s eating our patients? The relationship between trauma and eating disorders. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies’ Stress Points.

Moody, T. D., Shen, V. W., Hutcheson, N. L., Henretty, J. R., Sheen, C. L., Strober, M., & Feusner, J. D. (2017). Appearance evaluation of others' faces and bodies in anorexia nervosa and body dysmorphic disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(2), 127-138.

Levitt, H. M., Minami, T., Greenspan, S. B., Puckett, J. A., Henretty, J. R., Reich, C. M., & Berman, J. S. (2016). How therapist self-disclosure relates to alliance and outcomes: A naturalistic study. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 29(1), 7-28.

Henretty, J. R., Currier, J. M., Berman, J. S., & Levitt, H. M. (2014). The impact of therapist self-disclosure on clients: A meta-analytic review of experimental and quasi-experimental research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61(2), 191-207.

Kannan, D., Henretty, J. R., Piazza-Bonin, E., Coleman, R., Levitt, H. M., Townsend, M. & Mathews, S. S. (2011). The resolution of anger in psychotherapy: A task analysis. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 39, 169-181.

Henretty, J. R., & Levitt, H. M. (2010). The role of therapist self-disclosure in psychotherapy: A qualitative review. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 63-77.

Henretty, J. R., Levitt, H. M., & Mathews S. S. (2008). Clients’ experiences of moments of sadness in psychotherapy: A grounded theory analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 18(3), 243-255.