Wesley C. Jones, PhD, LCP, LCMFT
Dr. Jones received his M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Emporia State University and his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Kansas State University and was employed by the Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas for 35 years. At the center he served as the Training Director, Clinical Director, and Director of Children’s Services. He maintains a private practice through the Flint Hills Counseling & Consulting Center. Teaching experiences includes undergraduate, graduate Clinical Psychology and Marriage and Family therapy course work, and various conferences and workshops on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, disaster mental health, and traumatic stress. Dr. Jones serves as the team leader/psychologist for the Flint Hill Community Health Center’s Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic Clinic from 2001 through 2012. The multidisciplinary diagnostic team was trained at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2001. Dr. Jones assisted in the establishment of the clinic that now serves the state of Kansas as the only FAS/FASD diagnostic specialty clinic. The clinic has provided diagnostic evaluations and treatment recommendations at no cost to the clients/families since it’s development in 2001.
He has been working with the Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training Center (MRFASTC) since 2004 as the Kansas team leader. MRFASTC Is one of five regional training centers that is funded by the Center for Disease Control to provide training and consultation to eleven states related to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). As team leader for Kansas he is responsible for recruiting and training health care professionals to provide educational trainings on FAS/FASD.
He is a combat veteran who served as a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in Viet Nam. He has been working with trauma victims for more than 40 years. He is a Diplomate, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and Board Certified in Traumatic Stress. Dr. Jones is also a Clinical and Supervisory member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Jones served as a Disaster Mental Health Tech through the Red Cross at the Pentagon following September 11, 2001. He has also responded to several other natural disasters as a mental health first responder.
Dr. Jones has previously served on the Kansas Behavioral Science Regulatory Board as the Marriage and Family Therapy Board representative for eight years. During his time on the Board he served as the Chairman of the Complaint Review Committee. He is the past Chairman of the Local Emergency Planning Council for Lyon County, past Chairman of the Community Corrections Advisory Board, and past Chair of the Governor’s Mental Health Planning Council – Children’s Subcommittee. Dr. Jones also served on the Kansas Health Solutions Disaster Behavioral Health Base Team. He is currently serving on the Kansas Supreme Court’s Permanency Planning Council and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Child and Maternal Health Block Grant Advisory Committee.
Clopton, James R. and Jones, Wesley C. Use of MMPI in the prediction of suicide. The Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975, 31 (1).
Clopton, James R. and Jones, Wesley C. Use of MMPI in the prediction of suicide, (summary). Psychiatric Review, 1975.
Jurich, Anthony & Jones, Wesley C. "Divorce and the Experience of Adolescents: In Adolescents in Families”, Editors. G.K. Leigh and G.W. Peterson. South-Wester Pub. 1986.
Jones, Wesley C. “Red Cross at the Pentagon.” The Family Therapy Magazine, AAMFT, January-February 2002.
Jones, Wesley C. “SWIPE: A Way to Remember Concepts Involved in Executive Functioning”, MRFASTC Newsletter, January 2006.
Spouse Abuse Educational Workshop - Family and Children Trust Fund, SRS.
Farm Stress Workshop - Family and Children Trust Fund, SRS
Teen Pregnancy and Substance Abuse Conference Grant
Family Center System of Care Grant
Family Solutions Grant
Functional Family Therapy Grant
Dr. Jones received his M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Emporia State University and his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Kansas State University and was employed by the Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas for 35 years. At the center he served as the Training Director, Clinical Director, and Director of Children’s Services. He maintains a private practice through the Flint Hills Counseling & Consulting Center. Teaching experiences includes undergraduate, graduate Clinical Psychology and Marriage and Family therapy course work, and various conferences and workshops on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, disaster mental health, and traumatic stress. Dr. Jones serves as the team leader/psychologist for the Flint Hill Community Health Center’s Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic Clinic from 2001 through 2012. The multidisciplinary diagnostic team was trained at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2001. Dr. Jones assisted in the establishment of the clinic that now serves the state of Kansas as the only FAS/FASD diagnostic specialty clinic. The clinic has provided diagnostic evaluations and treatment recommendations at no cost to the clients/families since it’s development in 2001.
He has been working with the Midwest Regional Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training Center (MRFASTC) since 2004 as the Kansas team leader. MRFASTC Is one of five regional training centers that is funded by the Center for Disease Control to provide training and consultation to eleven states related to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). As team leader for Kansas he is responsible for recruiting and training health care professionals to provide educational trainings on FAS/FASD.
He is a combat veteran who served as a paratrooper with the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division in Viet Nam. He has been working with trauma victims for more than 40 years. He is a Diplomate, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and Board Certified in Traumatic Stress. Dr. Jones is also a Clinical and Supervisory member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Jones served as a Disaster Mental Health Tech through the Red Cross at the Pentagon following September 11, 2001. He has also responded to several other natural disasters as a mental health first responder.
Dr. Jones has previously served on the Kansas Behavioral Science Regulatory Board as the Marriage and Family Therapy Board representative for eight years. During his time on the Board he served as the Chairman of the Complaint Review Committee. He is the past Chairman of the Local Emergency Planning Council for Lyon County, past Chairman of the Community Corrections Advisory Board, and past Chair of the Governor’s Mental Health Planning Council – Children’s Subcommittee. Dr. Jones also served on the Kansas Health Solutions Disaster Behavioral Health Base Team. He is currently serving on the Kansas Supreme Court’s Permanency Planning Council and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Child and Maternal Health Block Grant Advisory Committee.
Clopton, James R. and Jones, Wesley C. Use of MMPI in the prediction of suicide. The Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975, 31 (1).
Clopton, James R. and Jones, Wesley C. Use of MMPI in the prediction of suicide, (summary). Psychiatric Review, 1975.
Jurich, Anthony & Jones, Wesley C. "Divorce and the Experience of Adolescents: In Adolescents in Families”, Editors. G.K. Leigh and G.W. Peterson. South-Wester Pub. 1986.
Jones, Wesley C. “Red Cross at the Pentagon.” The Family Therapy Magazine, AAMFT, January-February 2002.
Jones, Wesley C. “SWIPE: A Way to Remember Concepts Involved in Executive Functioning”, MRFASTC Newsletter, January 2006.
Spouse Abuse Educational Workshop - Family and Children Trust Fund, SRS.
Farm Stress Workshop - Family and Children Trust Fund, SRS
Teen Pregnancy and Substance Abuse Conference Grant
Family Center System of Care Grant
Family Solutions Grant
Functional Family Therapy Grant