Leadership

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline Hargrove, PhD

Dr. Jacqueline Hargrove is a licensed clinical psychologist and earned her doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston after completing her psychology internship at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center. Her postdoctoral fellowship focused on the treatment of at-risk adolescents with mental health or co-occurring substance use challenges within a therapeutic school setting at Mount Sinai Morningside’s Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Service (CARES). She is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and provides individual, group, and family psychotherapy primarily for children, adolescents, transitional-aged youth, and young professionals through her faculty practice and at the Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center. Her clinical interests include addressing complex and racialized trauma, mental health stigma, ethnic minority stress, anxiety and mood disorders, substance misuse, and exploring the intersections between sociocultural factors, trauma, and mental health.   

Currently, Dr. Hargrove is the Assistant Clinical Director of the Complex Trauma Program, a program within the Icahn School of Medicine’s Center for Child Trauma and Resilience. In addition, she is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry and is part of the Department’s system-wide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee. In November 2020, Dr. Hargrove became the faculty advisor for PEERS, a trainee- and student-led wellness program within the Office of Well-Being and Resilience.  

Program Coordinator: Patricia Makatsaria, MBA, MHA, CAPP

Patricia Makatsaria earned dual masters degrees in Healthcare Administration and Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. She has been fascinated by the topic of positive psychology and its impact on well-being, especially for healthcare providers. She recently received a Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology and enjoys utilizing her new skills and knowledge in both her work with the PEERS program and her blog that focuses on the benefits of kindness.

Scholarly Year Student: Celestine He

Celestine He is a medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai and the current scholarly year student at the Office of Well-Being and Resilience. She was struck by how supportive and integral the PEERS program was as a first-year medical student and has subsequently served as a PEERS facilitator ever since. In her free time, Celestine enjoys baking and taking her corgi, Lexington, on long walks in Central Park. 

Contact Us

To learn more about our program, please email all questions to Jacqueline.Hargrove@mountsinai.org and Patricia.Makatsaria@mountsinai.org.