Bryn Jessup

Bryn Jessup, PhD, is the Director of Family Services & Systems at Yellowbrick, an intensive, neurobiologically-informed treatment program for young adults and their families. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1984, where he developed an enduring interest in adolescent and young adult development, trauma, and family therapy. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan Children’s Hospital, he joined the staff at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where he became the Associate Clinical Director of its Inpatient Psychiatry Unit. He also served on the adjunct faculty of Northwestern University from 1986 through 2011. He joined The Phoenix Institute in 1996, a Chicago-based psychotherapy practice group specializing in trauma, and continued outpatient work with children, adolescents, adults, and families in private practice before joining Yellowbrick in 2015.