Jennifer Nevers, MSW, LCSW is the Subject Matter Expert Office Lead for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. In this capacity, she supports military behavioral health faculty on assignments and bandwidth across the center and provides professional development and performance management. She also assists in the implementation and expansion of the Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) program where she trains civilian behavioral health providers to work with service members, veterans, and their families.

Jennifer is a Major in the Indiana Army National Guard, serving as a Behavioral Health Officer (BHO). Jennifer previously served as a Brigade BHO with the 219th Engineer Brigade, 738th Medical Company Area Support (MCAS), and is currently assigned to the 215th MCAS. Jennifer interfaces with Soldiers across Indiana, linking them to behavioral health services. She is also a BHO for Indiana’s State Partnership Program, assisting partner nations in improving their behavioral health systems of care.

Before joining CDP, Jennifer worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Veterans Justice Outreach Program. Jennifer has over 10 years of experience providing clinical services to veterans with co-morbid mental health and substance use disorders. She worked as a liaison with problem-solving courts, increasing access to care for justice-involved veterans.

Jennifer received her Bachelor of Social Work from Indiana University in 2008 and her Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis in 2009. Jennifer went on to receive a post-graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation from Washington University in St. Louis in 2021. Jennifer specializes in addressing the unique needs of service members and veterans using evidence-based approaches. Jennifer is certified in Cognitive Processing Therapy, an evidence-based treatment for PTSD and trauma-related disorders, and is also an EMDR-trained therapist.