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Highly respected for her CBT expertise, Dr Josephine Ridley holds senior positions across multiple institutes and organizations. She specializes in suicide prevention, depression and anxiety. Dr Ridley is the founder of Ridley Behavioral Health, LLC; assistant chief, supervisory psychologist, researcher and co-chair of the Institutional Review Board at VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System; adjunct associate professor of psychology at Case Western Reserve University; lead trainer at Zero Suicide Institute; and co-editor of the British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. She has co-authored book chapters and peer-reviewed articles and presented for international conferences.

Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Clinical Psychology West Virginia University1997
Master of Arts (MA), Clinical PsychologyWest Virginia University1990
3 Honors and Awards
Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC2018
Outstanding Performance Award
West Virginia University1988
W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship