Professional Bio
Dr. Jiménez’s Professional Tapestry:
LEADERSHIP, IMPACT, and INNOVATION
About
Jacinta M. Jiménez, PsyD, BCC (Dr. J) is a Stanford-trained licensed clinical psychologist, award-winning author, and board-certified leadership strategist specializing in resilience, human performance, and high-stakes decision-making. She works with CEOs and partners at fortune 500 companies top-tier private equity-backed companies to strengthen leadership capacity, support critical decision-making, and build durable, high-performing organizations.
Previously, as a founding leader at BetterUp, she architected and scaled the world's largest digital coaching network — a platform that reached a $4.7B valuation, raised over $628M in VC funding, and grew from 3 to 3,000+ coaches supporting 600 organizations across 70 countries. Applying behavioral science at enterprise scale, she helped redefine what leadership development could look like in the modern era.
Dr. Jiménez is one of the few licensed clinical psychologists to have worked at the intersection of technology development and mental health at scale. Her work in this space spans from helping build one of the first clinically informed mobile mental health applications for the National Center for PTSD to serving on the AI and Mental Health Advisory Board at Grow Therapy, where she helps shape how AI gets integrated into mental health care without compromising the humans it is meant to serve. She also serves on the Executive Board of Abroad.io, advancing wisdom-based leadership through global executive development.
At her core, her purpose is to educate and empower leaders through science — to lead and live with greater vitality and impact.
B.A. Psychology
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
GPA: 3.89
M.S. Clinical Psychology
PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium, Palo Alto, CA
GPA: 3.98
Psy.D. Clinical Psychology
PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium, Palo Alto, CA (APA accredited)
GPA: 3.98
Licensure in the state of California: Psychologist (PSY23806)
Board Certified Coach, Speciality Designation in Executive/Corporate/Business/Leadership Coaching
Cornell University, Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion
2023: Latino Leadership recognition Award by EsTiempo.
2022: Recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in San Francisco by Women We Admire.
2022: Recognized by LA Weekly Magazine as a Top Coach to Follow.
2022: The Burnout Fix was named Best Book on Burnout & Recovery for 2022 by Choosing Therapy.
2021: The Burnout Fix was the winner of getAbstract's International Book Award Reader's Choice award.
2021: The Burnout Fix was Recognized by Business Insider as a top book to read about burnout.
2021: The Burnout Fix Debuted as #1 New Release on Amazon.
University of California, San Diego Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient
Four-Year Fellowship recipient: Merit-based Fellowship sponsored by the National Center for Disaster and Terrorism, a joint program of PGSP, VA Palo Alto Health Care System Center, Stanford University, and the US Navy Post-Graduate Center
Peter and Helen Bing Academic Achievement Scholarship, Stanford University
Senior Award, Chicano/Latino Community, Stanford University
Psi Chi National Honors in Psychology, Stanford University
Anthony J. Tellich Academic Scholarship, Stanford University
Students for Ethnic and Cultural Awareness Award
Soroptomist Mid-County Citizen of the Year
Cabrillo Civic Club Award
American Legion Leadership Award
2015 PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium
Distinguished Alumni Spotlight Award
2016 Opencare Patients Choice Award
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