Jesus Perez, Psy.D., is the Clinical Director at Recovery First. Dr. Perez is licensed as a psychologist in Florida. At Recovery First, he supervises the overall clinical program for different levels of care. He has been involved in the development, revision and implementation of policies and procedures, as well as the coordination of services and development of a student internship program. In his position, he ensures that all therapeutic and program components adhere to regulatory guidelines. He also supervises agency aspects of monitoring, certification and accreditation.

Dr. Perez’s experience includes supervising an APA-accredited internship program, where he was responsible for the clinical supervision of psychology interns and provided weekly outpatient psychotherapy seminars to the psychology interns and psychological services to adolescents and families. He has also worked as a clinical coordinator of a psychosocial rehabilitation program for adolescents diagnosed with internalizing and externalizing disorders.