Dr. LaFauci Schutt earned a doctorate in Counseling from The George Washington University, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the District of Columbia, and holds a National Certified Counselor with the National Board for Certified Counselors and Approved Clinical Supervisor with the Center for Credentialing and Education. Her clinical experience, focused on community settings, includes counseling, psycho-education, outreach, supervision, crisis intervention and disaster mental health work while her research interests include negative and positive outcomes following trauma exposure, cultural identity in clinical and educational practices, and risk assessment and cultural factors in the supervision process. Dr. LaFauci Schutt has experience in teaching, guest lecturing, and conducting trainings and presentations for in-service staff, national, and international audiences. Work from her experiences includes conference presentations at the American Counseling Association, American Psychological Association, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision meetings and publications in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy and Adoption Quarterly. She holds membership in the American Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, American Psychological Association, Division 56 Trauma Psychology, The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and Chi Sigma Iota. Dr. LaFauci Schutt is currently serving on the American Counseling Association Professional Standards Committee and has experience on the American Psychological Association, Division 56 Early Career Professionals Newsletter Publication Subcommittee and the American Counseling Association Task Force on Crisis Management.

• Ph.D., The George Washington University
• Ed.M., Teachers College, Columbia University
• M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
• B.A., The George Washington University

• Licensed Professional Counselor, Washington, DC
• National Certified Counselor
• Approved Clinical Supervisor

Select Presentations

• LaFauci Schutt, J.M., Megivern, M.M., & Coyle, M.T. (2011, October). Risk assessment supervision in counselor education: Application of a training clinic model, current practices, and future directions. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Nashville, TN. 
• LaFauci Schutt, J.M., & Megivern, M.M. (2010, June). Application of a risk assessment supervision model in a counselor education training clinic. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, Garden City, NY. 
• LaFauci Schutt, J.M., & Marotta, S.A. (2010, March). Counseling emergency management professionals: Research-based strategies for promoting satisfaction and mitigating stress. American Counseling Association Convention, Pittsburgh, PA. 
• LaFauci Schutt, J.M., & Marotta, S.A. (2009, November). Personal and environmental predictors of posttraumatic stress in emergency management professionals. The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Select Publications

• Marmarosh, C., Bieri, K., LaFauci Schutt, J.M, Barone, C., Choi, J, & Kivlighan, D. (in press). The insecure psychotherapy base: Using client and therapist attachment styles to understand the early alliance. Psychotherapy.
• LaFauci Schutt, J.M. & Marotta, S.A. (2011). Personal and environmental predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms in emergency management professionals. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 3(1), 8-15.
• LaFauci Schutt, J.M. (2011). Work-life balance and integration. Trauma Psychology American Psychological Association Newsletter, 6(1), 5-7.
• Taymans, J.M., Marotta, S.A., Lynch, S.J., Riley, D.B., Ortiz, D.M., LaFauci Schutt, J.M., et al. (2008). Adoption as a diversity issue in professional preparation: Perceptions of preservice education professionals. Adoption Quarterly, 11(1), 24-44.
• Dedmond, R., Brown, R.D., & LaFauci, J. M. (July 2006). Freshman transition programs: Long-term and comprehensive. National Association of Secondary School Principal’s Research Review, 1(4). 

Professional Memberships

• American Counseling Association 
• Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 
• DC Counseling Association/DC Mental Health Counselors Association 
• Virginia Counselors Association
• VA Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
• American Psychological Association , Division 56 Trauma Psychology 
• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2005-present) 
• Chi Sigma Iota