Jillian Wallace, PhD, LMFT, MPH, CHES

Dr. Jillian Wallace, PhD, LMFT, MPH, CHES Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist · Medical Reviewer, Mental and Behavioural Health Dr. Jillian Wallace is a licensed marriage and family therapist with doctoral training, a Master of Public Health, and certification as a health education specialist. That combination spans three levels of the same problem: the individual in the therapy room, the population data that shows how common their experience is, and the question of how you communicate any of it to people who need it. Mental health is the subject where health publishing does the most damage. Content in this area reaches people at their lowest, often searching at two in the morning for something they cannot say out loud to anyone. An article written carelessly — one that pathologises ordinary distress, offers a diagnosis a reader then applies to themselves, or describes methods of harm — does real harm to real people. Dr. Wallace reviews our mental health coverage against that standard. She checks that our content is accurate, that it is written without stigma, that it does not encourage self-diagnosis, and that it is clear about when someone needs professional support rather than an article. She also reviews our compliance with safe-messaging guidance on suicide and self-harm, which governs how these subjects are covered here and is not negotiable regardless of search demand. Her CHES certification is in health education specifically — the discipline of making health information usable by the people it is meant for, rather than merely correct. Licensure: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Education: PhD · Master of Public Health (MPH) Certification: Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Reviews: Mental health · Therapy and treatment · Behavioural health · Stress, anxiety and mood · Relationships and family Connect: LinkedIn