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Lynn Anderson is a licensed clinical social worker with more than twenty years of experience. In addition to her private clinical and consulting practice, she has significant experience in training, supervising, and evaluating students in field education programs. Ms. Anderson has also designed and delivered various workshops on supervision and instruction, and has served as a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA) for several years, where she also earned her AM degree.
Formerly the senior director for human resources at Princeton University and the University of Chicago, Arnie Aronoff has brought his professional expertise to educational, nonprofit, social service, and other organizations as a consultant, coach, and trainer for over fifteen years. Mr. Aronoff is an experienced instructor who has been teaching for the Professional Development Program at SSA since 1996. He earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago and pursued advanced training in organizational development from the National Training Laboratories in Applied Behavioral Science (NTL) and the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.
Donna. R. Baptiste is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Deputy Director of the Center for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). For over ten years Ms. Baptiste has been a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration where she teaches courses on group and family practice. Ms. Baptiste is a member of several committees at UIC related to diversity strategic thinking and planning initiatives. She also teaches courses and seminars on cultural literacy, cultural responsiveness, and social justice.
Jennifer L. Bellamy is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. At SSA she teaches courses in clinical social work practice and integrating evidence into practice. She received her Master’s of Science in Social Work from The University of Texas at Austin and completed her PhD at the Columbia University School of Social Work in 2006. Her research interests include mental health services in the context of child welfare, the engagement of fathers in children and family services, and evidence-based practice. She has published extensively in the area of evidence-based social work practice and has engaged in projects aimed at building and examining partnerships between service providers and researchers to support the implementation of research evidence into practice.
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Ann Bergart is retired Associate Professor, School of Social Work, College of Professional Studies, Aurora University. She has been teaching group work and other subjects to social work students since 1989. During that year she started her private practice with individuals, couples, and groups. She also conducts in-service training workshops and group work consultation in local agencies. Ms. Bergart received her AM in social work from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, where she later earned a doctorate. Prior to this, she worked in family service agencies for twenty years, where she trained and supervised staff and students in group work, as well as other modalities. Ms. Bergart has published numerous articles in professional journals and other media, including articles about group work in SocialWork with Groups. She serves on the International Board of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups (AASWG), and is Membership Chair of the Illinois Chapter of that organization.
Victor Bernstein is Research Associate (Associate Professor) at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. In addition, he is a consultant, trainer, and co-founder of the Ounce of Prevention Fund (Illinois) Developmental Training and Support Program. Mr. Bernstein conducts research on parent-child interaction. His principal interest is in using observation and inquiry to strengthen relationships in order to improve the developmental outcomes in children born at risk. He has written articles on how to use videotape and developmental demonstrations to encourage positive involvement between parents and children. He has trained staff from a variety of primary prevention, Early Head Start, early intervention (birth to three), child welfare and drug treatment programs in these techniques.
William Borden is Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, where he teaches courses on contemporary psychodynamic theory, human development, and comparative psychotherapy. He has written articles, essays, and books on relational perspectives in contemporary psychoanalysis, integrative perspectives in psychosocial intervention, brief psychotherapy, and narrative psychology, and conducted empirical research on stress, coping, and development across the life course. His current work focuses on recent developments in neuroscience and integrative perspectives in psychosocial intervention. Mr. Borden has worked as a clinician, supervisor, and consultant in mental health settings since 1983. He received the SSA Excellence in Teaching Award in 2000, and has been teaching in the PDP at SSA for over twenty years.
Sybil Madison-Boyd is Director of School and Leadership Development for the Urban School Improvement (USI) Network. In this role she provides instructional leadership coaching to principals and their teams. She also leads the Academic and Social Support Learning group which focuses on developing proactive approaches to address barriers to learning. Ms. Madison-Boyd has worked in urban, public schools for almost twenty years. She earned her doctoral and master’s degrees in Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with honors, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Andrew Brake is a doctoral candidate and lecturer at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration with over 12 years of youth development and social work experience, most recently as the Community School Director with Youth Guidance at Jones College Prep. He teaches an introduction to social work in schools course and the core clinical school social work course at SSA. As a researcher, he has helped assess teacher classroom practices and ninth grade students’ engagement and performance in high schools throughout Chicago, including a district-wide evaluation of AVID, a nationally recognized college preparation and student support initiative. Mr. Brake is particularly interested in working with school social workers and classroom teachers to align their instructional, intervention, and relationship-building strategies for strengthening the well-being, engagement, and performance of low-income youth in public high schools.
Jerrold R. Brandell is Distinguished Professor, Wayne State University School of Social Work in Detroit, Michigan, where he has taught since 1992. Mr. Brandell previously held faculty appointments at Boston University and Michigan State University, and has been a visiting scholar at Lund University School of Social Work, Lund, Sweden, and The University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has led workshops and lectured widely on clinical topics in the United States as well as in China, France, Israel, New Zealand, and Sweden. A practicing child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapist, and psychoanalyst, he is the author, coauthor, or editor of nine books. He is currently preparing a co-edited book on the clinical and theoretical dimensions of trauma (with Shoshana Ringel). Mr. Brandell is (Founding) Editor-in-Chief, Psychoanalytic Social Work and in 2001 was recognized as a distinguished practitioner by the National Academies of Practice.
Mary Bunn, AM
Mary Bunn is a licensed clinical social worker and associate director of Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center. As a member of the leadership team, her work is focused on growth and development of Kovler Center. Clinical responsibilities include conducting evaluations, supervising and training graduate student interns, providing psychotherapy for clients, providing consultation for volunteer therapists, writing psychological affidavits and testifying in court to support asylum claims of survivors of torture. Ms. Bunn has also led efforts to expand programming to children and families and facilitates training for university and community-based groups. Ms. Bunn is a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Her course focuses on clinical interventions in an international and cross cultural context. In addition to work with survivors of torture, Ms. Bunn has worked in the field of sex trafficking of minors, disaster relief, and survivors of war trauma. Her work has taken her to northern Iraq, Cambodia, and Thailand to train local mental health practitioners and design mental health programs.
Rebecca Canelos is Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor at Hines VA Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Her clinical interests and areas of expertise include motivational interviewing, treatment of trauma and substance use disorders, and gender-specific care for women veterans. She provides clinical supervision to social work students specializing in the treatment of substance use disorders as well. In addition to her clinical work, Ms. Canelos is a consultant for the VA’s national Motivational Interviewing Training Program. Ms. Canelos graduated from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration where her studies focused on clinical social work, evidence based practices, and the treatment of substance use disorders.
Claudia Muñoz Cano is the Head of the Spanish Department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in its Campus Chicago. She received her master’s degree in Linguistic Studies from Syracuse University with a concentration in TESOL. She also has a specialization in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has taught Spanish and English language courses in Mexico and the United States. She has also developed training workshops for teachers of Spanish language in Mexico. She is currently developing courses for Spanish for Specific Purposes. Her field of special interest is Heritage Language Development.
Evette Cardona is a Senior Program Officer at the Polk Bros. Foundation. She is a native Chicagoan and a graduate of the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, where she received the 2008 Elizabeth Butler award for outstanding professional success and achievement in social work. She is a member of the Executive Committee of Chicago Latinos in Philanthropy, a board member of the Center on Halsted, and a member of Chicago Foundation for Women’s Lesbian Leadership Council and the advisory board of the Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media at Columbia College. Very active in Chicago’s LGBT community, Evette co-founded a 501c3 organization, Amigas Latinas, and was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2002. She is also an adjunct professor in the Nonprofit Management & Philanthropy certificate program at Loyola University of Chicago’s School of Social Work.
E. Summerson Carr is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and Associate Faculty in the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Gender Studies. Ms. Carr conducted ethnographic research at a drug treatment program for homeless women where she explored how American ideas about addiction, language, and personhood are put into practice by counselors, case managers, and clients. She recently initiated a second ethnographic study of motivational interviewing; she focuses on how practitioners are trained and develop expertise in this approach, which is currently impacting a number of fields of clinical practice, including addiction treatment. Ms. Carr received a PhD in Anthropology and SocialWork at the University of Michigan, where she also earned an MSW, an MA in Anthropology, and a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies.
Heather M. Caruso is an organizational and social psychologist whose research and teaching interests focus on intergroup collaboration (e.g., cross-functional teams) and value creation in negotiation. These interests grew out of her undergraduate training in psychology and economics at Stanford University, as well as fromher career in the private sector, as Director of Engineering for a multinational Internet startup. This background allowed her to bring systematic analysis to her first-hand experiences with negotiation and collaboration between people from different ages, industries, training backgrounds, and cultural backgrounds. Ms. Caruso developed these analyses further in a subsequent academic career, receiving her PhD in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University in 2008. In the last several years, she has taught classes on teams, culture, negotiation, and management at the undergraduate, MBA, and executive level. Ms. Caruso is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Decision Research in the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Nancy Chertok is Director of Field Education at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She provides consultation to field instructors, field liaisons, and students with the goal of optimizing learning experiences in the field. Ms. Chertok earned her master's degree from SSA and an LCSW from the State of Illinois. She has been the Director of Case Management Services at La Rabida Children's Hospital and Research Center, and program director for a multi-service program serving children and adults with autism, as well as providing clinical services to individuals and couples in private practice and through the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Ms. Chertok has worked in clinical, administrative, and supervisory positions for the past twenty-five years.
Kelli Covey is the Associate Director for The Project on Civic Reflection and has over 15 years of experience in the academic, business, and nonprofit sectors. She trains facilitators, leads discussions, and assists individuals and organizations in integrating reflective discussion into their work. Previously, she worked at the Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights as a senior development officer. Ms. Covey received her BA from Austin College in Texas and has completed graduate coursework at the State University of New York at Buffalo where she specialized in Native American and African American literature.
Carroll Cradock has focused on treatment and research with divorced- and single-parent families from a resilience perspective throughout her thirty-year career. Currently she is Director of Behavioral Health Services at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. In her private practice, she specializes in working with divorcing families as a clinical psychologist and as a divorce mediator. She also conducts research on resiliency in fathers raised without fathers.
Adam Davis is Senior Research and Teaching Associate with the Project on Civic Reflection and the editor of Hearing the Call across Traditions: Readings on Faith and Service, as well as the co-editor of The Civically Engaged Reader and Talking Service: Readings for Reflection. Mr. Davis is the founder and lead facilitator of Justice Talking, a reading and discussion series for AmeriCorps and other service organizations, and an instructor in The Odyssey Project, a college level humanities program for low-income adults. Mr. Davis received his PhD from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, his MA from Boston College, and his BA from Kenyon College.
Tim Devitt has worked with community mental health programs for 23 years as a case manager, team leader, mental health and substance abuse counselor, program director, researcher, trainer, and consultant. His current position at Thresholds in Chicago involves assisting with the implementation of evidence-based practices for people who have mental illness and co-occurring nicotine and other types of addiction problems. He is also a clinician and staff trainer involved with research studies conducted in partnership with Thresholds and the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center that focus on helping people with serious mental illness experience enhanced motivation to quit smoking. Mr. Devitt is a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).
Matthew W. Epperson is an in the School of Social Service Administration. His areas of interest include: Intervention research on co-occurring problems of HIV, substance abuse, mental illness, and criminal justice involvement; HIV prevention and epidemiology; Substance abuse and mental illness; Criminal justice affected populations; Use of multimedia tools in intervention development and delivery; Dissemination/translational research; and Criminal justice content in social work education. Mr. Epperson has over 15 years of clinical and administrative social work experience in mental health, substance abuse, and criminal justice settings.
Mary Fabri is Director of Torture Treatment Services and International Training at Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Fabri was previously a staff psychologist
at Cook County Hospital and program director for the Bosnian Mental Health Program and the Refugee Mental Health Training Program, both at Heartland Alliance. She has published and presented internationally on the psychological consequences of torture, refugee mental health, working with interpreters in mental health settings, and cross-cultural psychotherapy. She is currently working in Rwanda and Kurdistan, training health providers on the long-term consequences of trauma and implications for treatment. Ms. Fabri received her doctorate in psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.
Carol Ganzer, PhD
Carol Ganzer is on the faculty of the Institute for Clinical Social Work where she teaches contemporary psychodynamic theory. She is the managing editor of Clinical Social Work Journal and has served on its editorial board. Ms. Ganzer has worked in the mental health field as a clinician and supervisor since 1996. She received a PhD in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an MSW from Jane Addams College of Social Work, and a certificate in advanced psychodynamic clinical practice from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She has presented and published articles on the application of psychoanalytic theory to practice with vulnerable populations and on issues of supervision and consultation. She maintains an independent practice of psychotherapy and consultation in Chicago.
Jill R. Gardner is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Chicago. She has been a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Clinical Social Work. She is a frequent presenter at workshops and in-service programs and has published papers on the use of self psychology in brief treatment and supervision. She also does executive coaching and has consulted to numerous organizations and businesses on management and organizational issues. Ms. Gardner has more than thirty five years' experience in community mental health and private practice in Chicago.
Zvi D. Gellis is Director of the NIMH-funded Center for Mental Health and Aging, and Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Gellis is a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar and national mentor in geriatric mental health interventions. He was selected as a Fellow at the National Institute on Aging in 2003. He received a National Institute of Mental Health career development award in 2005 to test an integrated depression care management intervention for depressed medically ill older home care patients. He is also an expert trainer in Problem Solving Therapy (PST), an evidence-based psychological treatment for depression in medically-ill older adults. Mr. Gellis has over 18 years of clinical and management experience in community mental health programs.
Gary Gilles is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Trinity International University. He has maintained a clinical practice since 1987 and currently has a private practice in Palatine, Illinois. He serves as an adjunct faculty member for Trinity International University in Psychology and Communications and for Argosy University in undergraduate Psychology. In addition, he has developed a number of professional continuing education courses and delivers these regularly at schools and businesses. He is former managing editor of Chicago Caregiver Magazine and frequently contributes to other publications writing on topics pertaining to physical and mental health.
Nancy Good provides psychotherapy, biofeedback, stress management training, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and consultation in her private practice. She holds an MSW from the University of Illinois and completed an additional three-year postgraduate training program in family systems theory at the Georgetown University Family Institute. Ms. Good is certified by the NASW, EMDRIA, and BCIA.
Diane Gould began working professionally with children with special needs in 1980. She has worked both in special education and for social service agencies, including Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization and Niles Township District for Special Education, and was the Childhood Disability and Family Support Specialist at the Jewish Children's Bureau for ten years. Ms. Gould has published on the topic of home visiting and has led support programs for parents and siblings. In addition to being a clinician, she is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Ms. Gould provides behavioral interventions to schools and families and has a private practice in Highland Park. She is a member of the Autism Society of Illinois and serves on its professional advisory board.
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Scott M. Granet is a licensed clinical social worker based in Northern California. He has worked with the Palo Alto Medical Clinic Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health since 1989, where he provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy. He specializes in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum disorders. In 2008 Mr. Granet opened the OCD-BDD Clinic of Northern California. He earned his MSW from New York University.
Nina Grueneberger is a Senior Certified Gottman Therapist and Consultant. She is also certified to teach Level One and Level Two Trainings in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Ms. Grueneberger is a Board Certified Diplomat through the National Association of Social Workers. She has twenty-two years experience in the field of mental health where she has taught couples counseling courses, supervised interns, and has worked with groups, individuals, families, and couples. She has a private practice in Sacramento, CA where her main focus is helping her clients to have healthier relationships with themselves, their significant others, and there environments.
Neil B. Guterman is Dean and the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a Faculty Associate at the Chapin Hall Center for Children. His scholarly interests are concerned with services targeting children and violence, and he holds special interest in child abuse and neglect prevention, as well as children's exposure to violence outside the home. He is the director of the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Program in Violence Prevention at SSA, and serves as Chair of the Institutional Review Board at SSA and Chapin Hall. At SSA he teaches courses on direct social work practice and violence prevention. As a noted authority on children and violence exposure, his expertise has been tapped by the U. S. Surgeon General's Office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Prevent Child Abuse America, and the National Conference of State Legislatures. Mr. Guterman holds a PhD in Social Work and Psychology from the University of Michigan, an M.S.W. in clinical practice with families and children, also from the University of Michigan, and a BA in psychology with highest honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Debra A. Hass is Principal and Founder of Serendipity Consulting which emphasizes program development and management, evaluation, research, and writing. She has over 20 years of professional and volunteer experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors including serving as a senior policy associate at the Women Employed Institute and as a foundation program officer focused on early childhood development. She is a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, teaching Evaluation of Social Welfare Policies and Programs. Ms. Hass holds a bachelor's degree from Beloit College and a master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.
Janna A. Henning is an Associate Professor at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago and the founder and coordinator of its Traumatic Stress Psychology Concentration. She also maintains a part-time private practice. Her teaching and research concentrates in trauma-focused approaches to intervention, death and dying, life-threatening illness, caregiving, bereavement and loss, and gender in psychotherapy. Ms. Henning earned her BA in Political Science and JD in Law at Indiana University and her MA and PsyD in Clinical Psychology at The Chicago School. She is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress, a Certified Thanatologist (Death, Dying and Bereavement), and certified in Clinical Hypnosis.
M. Dolores Higgs is a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in its Campus Chicago. She has taught Spanish and English language courses in Mexico and the United States. She received her master's degree in teaching from National Louis University. Ms. Higgs also has a specialization in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language from UNAM and an Illinois ESL certification. In addition, Ms. Higgs is finishing a 2nd master's degree in Spanish linguistics from New Mexico State University.
Paul Holmes is Founder and Managing Partner of the Emotion Management Program (EMP). He has wide-ranging experience working with multiproblem client populations and has provided dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) services since 1994. Mr. Holmes's current interests focus on the impact of mindfulness on private experiences associated with self-injurious behavior and emotional dysregulation. Mr. Holmes is a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and was previously a faculty member in the University's Department of Psychiatry. He has been an instructor in the Professional Development Program at SSA since 2001.
Martha Holstein has worked in the field of aging for over thirty years and has been doing training in and teaching ethics for more than twenty years. She is an independent consultant with the Center for Long-Term Care Reform, a program of the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group. Ms. Holstein writes frequently on ethical issues and aging largely from a feminist perspective. She earned her master's degree in history from the University of Missouri and her Ph.D. in medical humanities from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. She teaches Professional Ethics at Northwestern University and at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies, and Health Care Ethics and Ethics and Aging at Loyola University.
Bharathi Jayaram is the Associate Director of Field Education at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She provides consultation to field instructors, field consultants, and students with the goal of optimizing learning experiences in the field. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a registered dual disorder professional with more than 13 years of experience in a variety of settings. Prior to her current position at SSA, Ms. Jayaram worked as a Clinical Therapist with Alternatives, Inc., an agency serving youth, adolescents, and families.
Peter Kamps is currently a Chief Research Analyst for the City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services where he is responsible for coordinating research activities. This has included the development of research modeling to allocate financial resources across Chicago neighborhoods. Mr. Kamps is extensively involved in the preparation of state and federal grant applications. As Research Analyst, he is called upon to collect data which effectively presents the impact of federal legislation on the social and economic well-being of individuals. Mr. Kamps received his A.M. at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration where he specialized in health care and research methods.
Carla Leone is on the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in Chicago and the director of a group private practice in Lincolnwood, Illinois. She a member of the governing council and advisory board of the International Association of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and the chairperson of that organization’s Couples Therapy Interest Group. She is the author of several papers on the application of self psychology and intersubjective systems theory to couples and family therapy and has been a regular presenter on these topics at national and international conferences. She is currently working on a book on couples therapy.
Jeff Levy is Co-Founder and CEO of Live Oak, Inc., along with being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. He is also a lecturer at SSA, University of Chicago. He holds dual master's degrees in social work and recreation therapy. Mr. Levy specializes in offering services to children, adolescents, families, and gay men-with an emphasis on addressing issues surrounding violence and trauma. He has presented workshops and seminars locally, regionally, and nationally. He has published several articles-the most recent of which have been published in The Psychotherapy Networker. Prior to his work at Live Oak, Mr. Levy was the Clinical Director at Teen Living Programs in Chicago and the Director of Program Development at The Center for Contextual Change in Skokie, specializing in services to individuals and families impacted by trauma.
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Nikki Lively has over ten years of experience in providing individual, couples, and family therapy, and specializes in the treatment of perinatal mood disorders, and the impact of these mood disorders on partner and parent-infant relationships. Ms. Lively maintains a private practice where she works with women and families, as well as provides clinical supervision and consultation. Ms. Lively received her training at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration from which she holds a Masters degree in Social Work, and the Erikson Institute from which she completed the certificate program in Infant Mental Health.
Regina "Gina" Lopata Logan's professional life unites research, teaching, and practice in the field of adult development. She received a master's degree in adult education in 1984 and a doctorate in human development from Northwestern University in 1993. Ms. Lopata Logan, a developmental psychologist, is a Research Assistant Professor at the Foley Center for the Study of Lives, in the School of Education and Social Policy atNorthwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She works with a team of personality, clinical, community, and narrative psychologists, studying personality in adulthood. Ms. Lopata Logan teaches courses in the areas of adult development, gender, and career development. In addition, Ms. Lopata Logan is the principal of Heartsong Consulting. For over thirty years, she has conducted workshops, seminars, and retreats in career/life planning, facilitator training, teaching and learning in adulthood, and the spiritual journey.
Dennis McCaughan is a licensed clinical psychologist in the independent practice of psychotherapy and consultation. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago and for many years was affiliated with the adolescent services at Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, where he held a number of clinical and training positions. He is currently on the faculty of the Institute for Clinical Social Work and has taught at Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, and at SSA since 1997 in the areas of human development, interpersonal psychoanalysis, and psychotherapy. Mr. McCaughan is a consulting psychotherapist at the St. James Cathedral Counseling Center, Chicago and The Community House, Hinsdale, Illinois, and is a contributing editor to Schools: Studies in Education.
Bromleigh McCleneghan, MDiv, MPP
Bromleigh McCleneghan is the Associate for Clinical Life at Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago. She received her Master of Divinity and Master of Public Policy degrees from the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. In addition to ministry, she is also is an editor for Fidelia’s Sisters and an author of several articles on the topic of thinking theologically about adolescent spirituality. Her book on parenting and theology is to be released for publication in late 2012.
Stanley G. McCracken is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. He has published in the areas of evidence-based practice, psychiatric rehabilitation, chemical dependence, behavioral pharmacology, behavioral medicine, aging, and staff training. He is co-author of Interactive Staff Training and Practice Guidelines for Extended Psychiatric Residential Care. Mr.McCracken has thirty years of experience as a clinician, educator, and consultant specializing primarily in mental health, chemical dependence, and dual disorders. He serves on a number of editorial, review, and advisory boards in evidence-based practice, mental health, chemical dependence, and multicultural/multilingual mental health services.Mr.McCracken is a licensed clinical social worker and registered dual disorder professional.
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Susan McCracken is a licensed psychologist in private practice, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, stress-related illnesses, and pain syndromes in children, adolescents, and adult survivors of incest and sexual abuse. In addition to over thirty-two years' experience in medical centers and hospitals across the city, she has significant teaching experience and has been a lecturer staff member at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration since 1995.
Paul-Brian McInerney holds a PhD in sociology from Columbia University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of Illinois at Chicago. Mr. McInerney's research concerns information technology in the nonprofit sector, particularly IT consultants. He has authored numerous reports, book chapters, and articles in the information technology area. He also worked for several years as a consultant to nonprofit organizations in New York City.
Catherine G.McNeilly is on the Core Doctoral Faculty at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. She recently served as Chief of the Office of Quality Improvement and Senior Consultant to the Office of Training in the Division of Clinical Services and Program Development at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. She had previously been the Manager for Mentally Ill Substance Abuser (MISA) programs for the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (DASA) in Illinois.Ms.McNeilly received her degree in clinical psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. She has extensive experience as a trainer, both nationally and locally. She is a certified drug and alcohol counselor who has worked in the field for over fifteen years.
Michael A. McNulty is a psychotherapist with twenty five years experience who maintains a private practice in Evanston and Highland Park, Illinois. He is a Certified Gottman Relationship Therapist, Trainer, and Consultant, and former Adjunct Faculty member of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where he taught couples therapy. He has presented workshops to professionals and paraprofessionals on The Gottman Method, trauma, and other topics in a variety of settings in both the United States and Sri Lanka. He recently served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist and received a grant to support his work training Sri Lankan lay counselors. He also has a subspecialty in working with the emotional aspects of learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder and has published on the psychological experience of living with dyslexia over the course of life.
Jason T. McVicker is a licensed clinical social worker and registered dual disorder professional with more than fifteen years of experience in a variety of settings. He is the former Director of Mental Health Services at Center on Halsted, the largest LGBT community center in the Midwest. He worked previously as Program Supervisor at Chicago House and Social Service Agency, Inc. He is a former Master Practitioner Instructor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA), where he also earned his AM degree. Mr. McVicker currently serves as a Core Field Consultant for SSA and is a member of the advisory board for the Chicago School of Professional Psychology's Latino Studies Program. He maintains a clinical and consulting practice in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.
Darby Morhardt is Research Associate Professor and Director of Education for the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty-five years' experience counseling older adults and persons with Alzheimer's disease and their families in multidisciplinary healthcare settings, in addition to developing programs and support services for these clients. She conducts research in early onset and early-stage dementias. She holds an MSW from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she also completed postgraduate work in family therapy.
Jennifer Mosley is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Her fields of special interest include policy advocacy and lobbying, government-nonprofit relations, human service organizations, civic engagement, and social justice philanthropy. Her research focuses on the role of nonprofit organizations as political actors. At SSA, she teaches courses on policy formulation and implementation, advocacy & social change, and organizational theory. Her practice experience is in the areas of child welfare, community-based advocacy, and regional grantmaking. Ms. Mosley received her BA in psychology from Reed College and her MSW and PhD in social welfare from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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John E. Mundt is a licensed clinical psychologist who has experience in working with clients of all ages and from across the diagnostic spectrum. He has been a Staff Psychologist at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (Chicago, IL) since 1992, providing both long-term and time-limited psychotherapy, as well as psychological assessment and case management for veterans. Since 1996, he has been the psychologist in the Medical Center's acute-care partial hospitalization program, with a focus on brief treatment of PTSD stemming from combat, sexual assault, and inner-city violence, as well as other types of trauma. Mr. Mundt has presented nationally (in more than 40 cities) on the topic of mental health issues in the returning combat veterans. He has been an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1994. Mr. Mundt holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Nancy B. Perlson earned her AM in social work from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. As a licensed social worker, she served as the Outreach and Education Coordinator for Willow House, an organization working with grieving children, teens, adolescents, and their families. Ms. Perlson developed the Willow House Survivors of Suicide Support Program. She serves on several advisory boards and committees, nationally and locally, dedicated to the prevention, intervention, and postvention support, advocacy, and education around mental illness and suicide.
Scott R. Petersen, LCSW, CADC, is Director of Mental Health and Substance Treatment Services at Colorado Coalition for the Homeless in Denver, CO. He has been working with people affected by mental illness and substance use for nearly 20 years as an outreach worker, case manager, psychotherapist, and program manager. He is a current member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), a participant in the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s Trauma-Informed Learning Community, and a former member of the Midwest Harm Reduction Institute. Between 2006 and 2010, he was a Lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and is currently an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. Mr. Petersen received his master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and completed addictions counseling training through Grant Hospital's Clinical Training Program for Addictions Counseling.
Theo Pintzuk, LCSW, has been practicing psychotherapy and the martial arts each for about 20 years, and finds interesting connections between the two. She and her partner, Dakota Cimo, PhD, founded CoCreate, Inc. Their focus is the psychological impact of trauma and neglect; gender and gender identity; and sexual orientation. They, along with Robert Mazelle, PsyD, are finishing work on Transitioning Youth: Clinical Work with Transsexual Youth, a book to be published by Haworth Press. Ms. Pintzuk is also the author of Identity and cultural narrative in a lesbian relationship. She has a long-standing interest, developed in the Women’s Liberation Movement and the New Left, in the question of identity as both a psychological and a social phenomenon.
Susie Quern Pratt is a Principal of Pratt Richards group, a Chicago-based consulting firm that provides services to nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in the areas of strategy and evaluation. She has served as an instructor in the area of evaluation and designed and implemented an evaluation coaching program. Ms. Quern Pratt holds a BA from Colgate University and an AM from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
Janice M. Pyrce is President of Pyrce Healthcare Group and a lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She has been a national speaker on many health-care topics and has presented at meetings of the American Hospital Association, National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, and other professional organizations. Ms. Pyrce has over two decades of health-care experience at the executive level and has been teaching in the Professional Development Program since 1997.
Scott D. Pytluk is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in Chicago. He is a faculty member at Live Oak, Inc.'s Postgraduate Training Program. Mr. Pytluk serves as cochair for the Division 39 Committee on Sexualities and Gender Identities and as liaison between Divisions 44 (Society for the Scientific Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues) and 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association. He has expertise in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender psychology, diversity, and psychoanalytic theory. Mr. Pytluk maintains a private practice in Chicago working with LGBT individuals and the general population.
Brian Quinn is a clinical social worker in private practice in Huntington, New York. He is the author of Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder (Wiley, 2007) and The Depression Sourcebook, (2nd ed., Lowell House, 2000). He earned his master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration in 1979 and his doctorate in clinical social work from New York University in 1994. He also has a postgraduate certificate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
Ann Fisher Raney is the Chief Executive Officer of Turning Point Behavioral Health Center in Skokie, Illinois and maintains a private psychotherapy practice. Since 1994, Ms. Raney has taught courses in psychotherapy and spirituality at SSA. She is a graduate of St. Olaf College and has earned master's degrees from The Divinity School at The University of Chicago,McCormick Theological Seminary, and SSA. Ms. Raney is a Board member of the Center for Religion & Psychotherapy of Chicago and the Program Committee of the Executive Service Corps of Chicago. In 2007, she received a certificate in Leadership Arts from The University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies. She will be a member of the 2009-2010 Leadership Evanston class.
Tina L. Rzepnicki is a Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Her fields of special interest include child welfare services, case decision-making, task-centered and behavioral practice, and practice research. Ms. Rzepnicki is also the Director of the Center for Social Work Practice and Principal Investigator of the Program Practices Project, Office of Inspector General, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. She has published broadly on issues of child welfare, family reunification, parenting, permanency planning, and direct practice, and is co-author of four books. Most recently, she edited, with Harold E. Briggs, Using Evidence in Social Work Practice: Behavioral Perspectives (Lyceum Books, 2004). Ms. Rzepnicki received her A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from SSA.
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Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is a trainer and consultant whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands. He has worked with adolescents for over twenty-five years in a variety of roles, ranging from social worker, consultant, and administrator. Mr. Sanders is author of five books and numerous workbooks. He had two stories published in the New York Times best-selling book series, Chicken Soup for the Soul. In 2003, he was named Professional of the Year by the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counselor Certification Association for his work as a trainer and consultant.
Gina M. Samuels is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Service Administration and a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture at the University of Chicago. Ms. Samuels's work also promotes the application of interpretive research to inform foster care and adoption practice and policy. She has practiced social work in the areas of child welfare and child protective services, juvenile justice,Africentric school-based tutoring programs, and group therapy with female youth. She currently serves as a Research Expert on the Illinois Adoption Advisory Council and a Board Member of MAVIN Foundation, a national organization addressing the needs and concerns of multiracial populations and transracial adoptees in the United States. Her publications explore issues of kinship, sociocultural development, and racial/ethnic identity for youth and adults whose lives and family systems have been shaped by adoption or foster care. Ms. Samuels earned her MSSW and PhD in social welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Matthew D. Selekman is a couple and family therapist and addictions counselor in private practice. He is the co-director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions, an international family therapy training and consulting firm in Evanston, Illinois. He is an Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Mr. Selekman received theWalter S. Rosenberry Award in 2006, 2000, and in 1999 from The Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado for having made significant contributions to the fields of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences. He is the author of numerous family therapy articles and five professional books. Mr. Selekman has presented workshops on a collaborative strengthsbased brief family therapy approach with challenging children, adolescents, and adults extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Australia.
Helene M. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and has a background in both private practice and public interest law, including two years as a guardian ad litem with the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian representing children in abuse and neglect proceedings and supervising courtroom attorneys. Her legal practice includes representation of children as their court-appointed attorney in custody and visitation cases and representation of parents in abuse, neglect, custody and visitation cases. Since 2005, she has taught courses on social work and law and on family policy at SSA. She is the immediate past chair of the Chicago Bar Association Domestic Relations Committee and presently serves on the Board of Directors of the Family Defense Center.
Jeffrey Solotoroff is a licensed clinical social worker with over fifteen years of experience working with elders and their families. He currently serves as a medical social worker for the University of Chicago Medical Center where he counsels individuals and families who face issues related to dementia, end-of-life, and grief. His professional interests include dementia care, life review, and the use of arts in healthcare. He holds an MSW from the University of Michigan School of Social Work and serves as a field instructor for SSA. He has facilitated caregiver support groups and workshops, been a presenter at the American Society on Aging conference, and is trained in the Time Slips method of storytelling for elders with dementia.
Sara Ray Stoelinga is senior director at the Urban Education Institute, as well as an associate clinical professor on the Committee on Education. She leads research projects focused on teacher quality, teaches within the Urban Teacher Education Program, and teaches and advises undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Chicago. Ms. Stoelinga supports evaluation research across UEI and engages in local and national engagement.
Karen S. Teigiser is Senior Lecturer (retired) at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Her fields of special interest include clinical work with children, curriculum design and evaluation, and community mental health. Ms. Teigiser teaches advanced generalist methods, clinical case seminars, and the treatment of children and their parents. She has taught review course material to faculty across the country and has taught SSA's review course for the LSW and LCSW exams for over twenty years. She is the 1999 recipient of the SSA's Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition to teaching, she oversees curriculum development and implementation in the master's degree program. From 1982 to 1999 she was director of SSA's Professional Development Program. She earned her AM from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and is a licensed clinical social worker.
Laura A. Wald has been a clinical and special education social worker for thirty-four years. She received her undergraduate degree in sociology and psychology from Indiana University and a master's in social work from The George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Her background includes working with children of all ages with learning disabilities, behavior disorders, chronic illness, and developmental disabilities, including autism-spectrum disorders. Ms.Wald is a frequent presenter on family therapy and developmental disabilities. She is an instructor in Autism Spectrum Disorders and family issues at the Erikson Institute in Chicago. She is a member of the Autism Society of Illinois and serves as co-chair of its professional advisory board.
Kathleen Waligora graduated from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and currently serves as the Policy and Communications Coordinator for the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition. In this position, she has educated more than 2,000 individuals on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. Ms. Waligora has worked in health policy for more than seven years, including as an organizer for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin and a project coordinator for Building a Healthier Chicago, a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region V.
Steve Wallman is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Evanston and Chicago. Previously he worked for eleven years at Youth Guidance as the Project Prepare/Mayor's Office of Workforce Development Program Manager. During that time, he developed a curriculum for leading groups for elementary and high school students. He used the curriculum to lead groups in the Chicago Public Schools and train school-based social workers. In his private practice, Mr. Wallman provides group therapy for adults specializing in relationship issues and major life transitions, as well as general counseling for individuals, couples, and families. As a member of the Illinois Group Psychotherapy Society, Mr. Wallman has participated in professional conferences, institutes, and trainings on group therapy. He also specializes in men's issues and is very active in the Chicago men's movement, Victories of the Heart, and the ManKind Project. Mr. Wallman received an AM from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
Rebecca White is a quantitative psychologist who specializes in the study of judgment and decision making. Her primary research interests include the study of self-predictions of goal achievement and individual differences in decision making processes. Ms.White received her PhD from the Ohio State University in 2005, after which she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo from 2005-2007. Ms.White has held research fellowships with the National Academy of Sciences and the National Opinion Research Center, through which she had the opportunity to apply her expertise in judgment and decision-making to projects that influenced public policy. In her consulting work as a Behavioral Research Specialist for Hewitt Associates, Ms.White provided analysis of the application of behavioral decision researchto management and human resource issues, particularly with regards to retirement and health care programs. Ms.White has taught several courses on psychological topics including judgment and decision making, social psychology, and statistics for behavioral science. Currently, she is a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Decision Research in the Chicago Booth School of Business.
Christian Williams is in the last year of the dual degree (MDiv/MA) program in divinity and social work at the University of Chicago. He also is a chaplain candidate in the US Army National Guard, a Certified Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) instructor, and Certified Meditation Instructor. Since joining the chaplain corps, Mr. Williams’s interactions with servicemembers and veterans instigated a deep concern for the multiple predicaments that confront the military community, including combat-related “disorders” (PTSD, TBI, combat stress, etc.). His current research is on Moral Injury, a classification that integrates the psychological, biological, and spiritual consequences of perpetration of violence in a warzone.
Kathleen Young received her Psy.D. from the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University where she completed specialized coursework in the neuropsychology concentration. During her internship, she specialized in neuropsychology and geropsychology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Battle Creek, Michigan. She also completed training in neuropsychology, geropsychology, and rehabilitation psychology at the Hines Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Ms. Young is completing her postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology where she specializes in working with patients with mild traumatic brain injury, dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and learning disabilities. Specialized areas of interest include working with older adults and the functional applications of neuropsychological assessment. Ms. Young is a member of the adjunct faculty at the American Schools of Professional Psychology where she also serves as director of the program’s Neuropsychology Concentration.
Jill Zimmerman is Vice President of Fund Development at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Ms. Zimmerman, an experienced fundraiser across human services, arts, education, and cultural organizations, is leading the Food Depository's fundraising efforts among large individual donors, corporations, and foundations. Prior to joining the Food Depository, Ms. Zimmerman served as a vice president of The Alford Group, a national nonprofit consulting group. Previously, she was director of resource development at Alternatives, Inc., the Chicago-based youth development agency. She is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara and earned a Master of Arts from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.