Dr. Chelsea Jackson is a licensed psychologist in the state of Wisconsin. She earned her Juris Doctorate (JD), and Doctorate of Psychology (PhD) degrees from Drexel University. In this 7-year dual program, Dr. Jackson received advanced academic training at the intersection of psychology and law, as well as passed the Pennsylvania Bar in 2023. She was an active attorney from 2023-2025 and now holds an inactive license in the state of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jackson has extensive clinical experience across a variety of settings. She received specialized training in the assessment and treatment of serious mental illness while working in an adult inpatient facility, as well as an outpatient early psychosis clinic at the University of Pennsylvania. She has a background operating as both a clinician and coordinator of the Drexel Reentry Program at Drexel University, focused on treatment for re-entry populations and those who have been wrongfully convicted of a crime. Additionally, she has experience working in an outpatient sex offender program conducting sexual risk evaluations and providing treatment for low, medium, and high-risk offenders.
Dr. Jackson is trained to conduct a wide range of forensic evaluations, including but not limited to Juvenile Waiver, Competency to Stand Trial, Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Disease or Defect, and Sentencing Mitigation. She prides herself on producing comprehensive, impartial evaluations that consider the individual as a whole person.
Dr. Jackson has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and recently published a law review article in the Ohio State Law Journal (Title: “The Boogeyman Is Real, and He Lives on the Net:” How Deepfake Technology Continues to Circumvent the Law, and the Risk of Sexual Victimization This Poses to Children). She has presented nationally on topics in forensic psychology and completed a dissertation focused on judges and public opinions regarding treatment courts for sex offenders. She is an active member of the American Psychology-Law Society.
Dr. Jackson is available to provide forensic evaluations and consultation through Clinical Psychology Associates.