Erika Franta Bretscher, PhD
Assistant Professor, MMI Department of Psychology
Program Director of School Strategy, MMI Psychology
Licensed Psychologist
Erika Franta Bretscher, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute and a licensed psychologist in MMI's Department of Psychology. Franta Bretscher received her doctorate in school psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She completed her doctoral internship at Travis County Juvenile Probation in Austin, Texas and completed post-doctoral training at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Franta Bretscher provides clinical consultation to a multi-disciplinary team serving youth currently detained in a local county, as well as offers training and technical assistance to regional and local educational and mental health teams in comprehensive school mental health systems. Additionally, she provides supervision and training in integrate care services and school-based psychoeducational assessment and consultation services. She previously served as the school mental health program director for the Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and a co-coordinator for the Comprehensive School-Based Mental Health Training Program.
- PhD: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2018.
- MA: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2014.
- BA: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2012.
Specialty Certifications
- Licensed Psychologist, state of Nebraska.
Franta Bretscher provides patient care services at UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Psychology.
Clinic Location: Munroe-Meyer Institute
Franta Bretscher's clinical interests include comprehensive school-based mental health services and consultation, psychoeducational and risk assessment, and prevention, evaluation, and treatment of youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Dr. Franta Bretscher's research interests includes implementation science, school-based mental health services, and data-based problem solving and decision making.
- American Psychological Association.
- National Association of School Psychologists.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450
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