February 1982 to Present -- Clinical Social Worker in Private Practice, Dallas Texas
Licensed under Texas law as Clinical Social Worker (“LCSW”) Highest level of social work practice.
Board approved Supervisor for the State of Texas.
Private practice with caseload involving individual, couples and family therapy.
October 1973—February 1982 --Department of Clinical Social Work, Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, Dallas Texas
Assistant Director of Social Work Department: assisted with administration of social work department; developed in-service training for staff development: served as social work liaison to Joint Committee for Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) committee for Timberlawn (8/77—2/82).
Staff social worker in Children’s Unit: began planning of Children’s Unit program for family involvement: after Unit opened, was responsible for family evaluation, treatment planning and family treatment of families of hospitalized children (July 1978—February 1982).
Staff social worker in the Adolescent Unit, responsible for family evaluation and treatment planning and on-going long-term marital and/or family treatment of families of hospitalized adolescents (October 1973—June1978).
Adjunct faculty of Smith College School for Social Work; University of Texas at Austin; and University of Texas at Arlington—supervised graduate students in social work on their clinical rotations.
Staff of Family Assessment Clinic: assisted in development of format, techniques, and procedures for the Clinic.
September 1971—March 1973 -- Clinical Social Worker, Methodist Home Children’s Guidance Center, Waco, Texas
Social worker in outpatient department of comprehensive mental health facility; used a variety of treatment modalities to work with a large and varied cultural and ethnic population.