Jack Saul, PhD, is a psychologist and family therapist, who has worked since the early 1980's in clinical and community settings creating programs that address the psychosocial needs of children and families suffering from domestic, urban, and political violence. Dr. Saul co-founded the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture in 1995 and was its clinical director until 1998 when he founded NYU School of Medicine's International Trauma Studies Program (ITSP), an independent post-graduate training and research institute in New York City and Uganda, which he also currently directs. In 1999, Dr. Saul established Refuge, a resource center in New York for survivors of political violence and forced migration, and a member of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs. Following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Refuge implemented the FEMA funded Downtown Community Resource Center, a demonstration project in community resilience for residents and workers in Lower Manhattan. Refuge recently developed African Refuge, a community drop-in center for African refugees and immigrants in Staten Island where Dr. Saul is currently researching family and community engaged services. Dr. Saul has been a member since 2000 of the Kosovo Family Professional Educational Collaborative, which has been instrumental in the development of the community mental health system in post-war Kosovo. He is the recipient of the 2008 American Family Therapy Academy Award for Distinguished Contribution to Social Justice.
International Trauma Studies Program Project
Post -graduate training and research program in mental health and psychosocial response to catastrophe.
Refugee Community Resource Center
Technical Assistant to refugee communities developing health and mental health services. Development of African Refuge - West African Center in Staten Island.
Kosovo Family Professional Educational Collaborative
Partnership in training and development of service based research on family oriented mental health services
