Meet the experts

Jayne Bannish is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and she brings 25 years of diverse clinical expertise to the E-Therapy practice.  She has served as a director, clinician, trainer, supervisor, and program manager within various state and local systems of behavioral healthcare (inpatient and outpatient), and she currently provides social work services to school-age students via telepractice as a contract therapist with E-Therapy. Jayne treats primarily adolescents, youth, and families. Although she also has experience with adults. She is skilled in working with issues related to trauma, relationships, career, school challenges/ adjustments, and self-esteem. Jayne created, updated, and taught the current Ethics training for the State of Maine social workers and it remains an ongoing interest of professional social workers. Jayne is equally skilled in helping individuals navigate often challenging systems of care. 

Heide Rathbun has extensive experience working with active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. Upon graduating from  Baylor University’s MSW program, Heide worked as a research therapist for Strong Star at Ft. Hood through the University of Texas Health Science Center. Heide’s work at Ft. Hood focused on treating PTSD in an Active-Duty population and supporting a prevention program geared towards service members and their families during the cycle of deployment. As a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), Heide has worked in Chicago with Veterans/PTSD at the Road Home Program that is funded by the Wounded Warrior Project. Heide has clinical expertise in Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD, Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD using a Web-based Program, Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, CBT for Insomnia, Complicated Grief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and DBT.

Jennifer Robertson is a licensed clinical social worker in Oklahoma and Idaho and a registered social worker in Alberta, Canada. Jennifer has been a practicing social worker since 2017 and has worked in outpatient and inpatient care with a wide range of age groups. Jennifer has experience in child welfare, trauma treatment, substance use treatment, domestic violence interventions, and individual and group settings. Currently, she works full-time for the Family Advocacy Program on the base where her family is stationed and part-time/as needed in admissions for a psychiatric hospital. Jennifer is scheduled to graduate with her Doctorate in Social Work from Tulane University in the spring of 2023, with her research focused on social work competency on involuntary hold policies.