ICSW Faculty
The Institute for Clinical Social Work’s outstanding faculty is composed of the most expert social work clinicians, researchers, and educators in the Chicago area. Many are nationally known and distinguished by their contributions to the field. All are practicing clinicians or researchers who bring life experience to their teaching and to their students.
Faculty Leadership
Amy Eldridge, Ph.D.
Dean
Amy Eldridge was appointed dean of ICSW in 1998, and she also serves as an instructor and a clinical and research consultant. As dean, she has influenced the curriculum and the student learning experience, helping to bring ICSW to its current success. Dr. Eldridge enjoys working with ICSW’s extremely talented students and faculty, and she values what she, in turn, learns from teaching. She is interested in contemporary self psychology and relational psychoanalysis. In addition to her role at ICSW, Dr. Eldridge also maintains a psychotherapy and consultation practice where she specializes in the treatment of adults, couples, adolescents, and children.
Education:
University of Illinois, B.A. with honors
Loyola University of Chicago, M.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, candidate
Most Recent Publications:
Eldridge, A. (2008). “Repetitive Trauma and Restorative Illusion: The Elusive Nature of the Self object Transference in the Case of Mary.” Int. J. Psychoanal. Self Psychol., 3:245-262.
Eldridge, A. (1997) Progress in Self Psychology, Vol. 13. A. Goldberg, Editor. “Walking into the Eye of a Storm: Repressed Memories in Self Psychology” (Analytic Press).
Eldridge, A. (1996) “Lost in Space, The Impact of Sensorimotor Difficulties on Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood.” Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Vol. 13.
Contact:
ICSW Office Phone: (312) 935-4242
Practice Office Phone: (312) 332-3205
Email: eldridge@icsw.edu
R. Dennis Shelby, Ph.D.
Director of Doctoral Programs
R. Dennis Shelby leads the Distance Learning Program, the Military and Veterans Social Work Specialization, and the accreditation committee at ICSW. He is also on the faculties of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and Rush University, and his areas of clinical expertise include psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and issues related to sexual orientation, HIV, and law enforcement. Dennis enjoys working with students at ICSW because watching their dissertations grow from an idea, to a proposal, to a research endeavor, and then to a final document is an amazing experience, and he is proud of the considerable additions ICSW students have made to field of clinical social work.
Education:
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, B.A.
Loyola University at Chicago, M.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Certificate in Adult Psychoanalysis
Most Recent Publications:
Shelby, R.D. and Roldan, I. (2004) Mentoring. In D. Padgett (ed.) The Qualitative Research Experience. Wadsworth Thompson.
Shelby, R.D. (2004) The Lingering Legacy. Journal of Analytic Social Work.
Shelby, R.D. (2002) Sexualization and the Disavowal of Tender Longings in J. Winer and J, Anderson (Eds.) Annual of Psychoanalysis. V30.
Contact:
ICSW Office Phone: (312) 935-4344
Practice Office Phone: (219) 406-0571
Email: rdshelby@icsw.edu
Denise Duval, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Doctoral Studies
As associate director of doctoral studies at ICSW, Denise Duval is responsible for recruitment, serves as curriculum chair, teaches research courses and development courses, is an academic adviser to on-site students, and oversees the collection and analysis of academic data. In addition to her duties at ICSW, Dr. Duval maintains a private child psychotherapy practice where she works with pre-school-age children through young adults. Her areas of clinical expertise include children’s issues and anxiety, behaviors and mood issues, school problems, and child-parent relationships, among others. Dr. Duval values the focus on training clinicians and clinical researchers at ICSW, and she enjoys seeing how students incorporate their new knowledge into their work.
Education:
The Ohio State University, B.A.
University of Illinois at Chicago, M.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Cathedral Counseling Center Post-Master’s Clinical Fellowship Program
Erikson Institute Early Childhood Certificate Program
Most Recent Publications:
Affect and Behavior Regulation Among Homeless Young Adults Formerly Involved with the Child Welfare System. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Apr 2009, Vol. 26, Issue 2, p.155-173.
American Psychoanalytic Association: Poster presentation related to Analysts’ Achievement of Psychoanalytic Identity accepted for both the National and International 2009 and 2010 Annual Meetings.
Centralized Assessment of Early Developmental Delays for Children in Foster Care: A Program that Works. Child and Family Services Review, May 2008, Volume 30, Issue 5, p. 536-545.
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 935-4241
Email: dduval@icsw.edu
Faculty
A–F | G–N | O–R | S–Z | Emeritus Faculty | Visiting Professors | Visiting Instructors
Paula Ammerman, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work
Area of specialty: Adult and adolescent psychotherapy; Object Relations Theory
Email: pammerman@icsw.edu
Barbara Berger, Ph.D.
Barbara Berger maintains a full-time practice in addition to being active in the ICSW and social work communities. At ICSW, she has been on dissertation committees and currently serves as vice chair of advancement on the Board of Trustees. In the social work community, she is active on the Consortium Board and in the AAPSCW, where she is on the executive committee and the National Board, and she serves as a liaison to the ACPE Board. Dr. Berger’s areas of clinical expertise are adults and couples, and she is interested in doing more publishing and presenting.
Education:
Boston University, B.A.
University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, A.M.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Most Recent Publications:
Berger, Barbara (guest ed.). Book Chapter: A Perfect Storm: The Influence of Outside Forces on Social Work Education. (June 2008).
Berger, Barbara (guest ed.). Introduction. Clinical Social Work Journal. Ed. Carol Tosone. 36.2 (2006). Book.
Berger, Barbara and Anne Segall. “Irmgard Wessel: The Making of a Clinical Social Worker.” Clinical Social Work Journal. Ed. Carolyn Saari. 31.1 (2003). Print.
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 346-7757
Email: bberger@icsw.edu
Mark Berger, M.D.
Mark Berger is a faculty member at ICSW whose areas of clinical expertise include psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. His theoretical orientation to practice is object-relational.
Education:
Northwestern University, B.A.
Northwestern University Medical School, M.D.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Advanced Training
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 782-0292
Email: mberger@icsw.edu
Karen Bloomberg, Ph.D., A.M.
Karen Bloomberg is a faculty member of ICSW, where she serves as director of student affairs, and as a clinical and dissertation consultant. She also maintains a private practice, and her areas of clinical expertise are with adults, children, adolescents, and couples experiencing relationship issues. Dr. Bloomberg is most interested in studying relationships in transition, and she volunteers at divorce support groups and informational sessions, and helps with developmental disabilities of children in families.
Education:
University of Wisconsin, B.A.
University of Chicago, M.A.
University of Chicago, Ph.D.
Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work
Academy of Certified Social Workers
Most Recent Publications:
“Separateness and Separation,” Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy; vol. 36, No. 2 and 3, Fall 2000.
Book Reviews: Atypical Adolescence and Sexuality by Max Sugar; published in Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, vol. 8, 1992.
The Regulation of Sexuality by Carole Joffe; published in Social Work. 33.1 (1988).
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 565-1349
Email: kbloomberg@icsw.edu
Lynn Borenstein, M.S.W.
Smith College
Area of specialty: Adult, child, and adolescent psychotherapy
Email: lborenstein@icsw.edu
Sue Cebulko, Ph.D.
Sue Cebulko teaches at ICSW in addition to being in private practice, working with individuals and couples. She has performed editorial work for Cambria Press, including the book Effects of Internet Pornography on Married Women: A Psychodynamic Approach, published in 2005. Dr. Cebulko also volunteers her time at the Indianapolis Archdiocese.
Education:
Marian University, B.A.
Christian Theological Seminary, M.A.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute, Advanced Psychotherapy Training
International Psychotherapy Institute, Object Relations Theory and Practice
Memberships/Organizations:
Indianapolis Society for Psychoanalytic Thought, International Psychotherapy Institute, APA Div. 39, AAPSCW
Contact:
Office Phone: (317) 566-2803
Email: scebulko@icsw.edu
Lisa Cohen, M.A.
University of Chicago
Area of specialty: Adult, child, and adolescent psychotherapy
Email: lcohen@icsw.edu
Joseph M. Cronin, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Joseph Cronin is a faculty member at ICSW and the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. His areas of clinical expertise include adult psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy of children and adolescents, and adult couples therapy, and his theoretical orientation to practice is psychoanalytic object relations, modern conflict, and self theories.
Education:
Smith College School for Social Work, M.S.W.
Michael Reese Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Certificate in Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Certificate in Adult Psychoanalysis
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 844-9206
Email: jcronin@icsw.edu
Gail DeLyser, Ph.D.
In addition to her faculty duties at ICSW, Gail DeLyser serves as co-chair of the Professional Enrichment program, co-coordinator of the Clinical Practice Program, a member of the Marcia V. Adler Scholarship Committee, and a member of the Master’s Program Planning Team. She also maintains a private practice of psychotherapy and consultation. Dr. DeLyser’s areas of clinical expertise include concerns and issues of young adult development, mid-life development, relationships, and women’s issues, and her theoretical orientation to practice is general psychodynamic with an emphasis on contemporary self-psychology and relational theories.
Education:
California State University, Fullerton, B.A.
University of Kansas, M.A.
Loyola University, Chicago School of Social Work, M.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Most Recent Publications:
At Midlife, Intentionally Childfree Women and their Experiences of Regret, Clinical Social Work Journal, March 2011.
Contact:
Office Phone: (847) 784-5049
Email: gdelyser@icsw.edu
Joan DiLeonardi, Ph.D.
Joan DiLeonardi teaches at ICSW in addition to leading independent studies and consulting on dissertations. Her theoretical orientation to practice is psychodynamic general, and she has been involved in research on child abuse and neglect, chronic neglect, day care, foster parenting, and foster care workers. Dr. DiLeonardi takes part in volunteer activities including serving as trustee and a former board chair at Oakton Community College, a region chair at North Suburban, and an executive committee member of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association. She enjoys being a part of the ICSW community because it gives her a chance to help talented students grow and advance their skills in developing research questions and completing competent dissertation research.
Education:
DePaul University, B.A.
University of Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work, Ph.D.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard S&L certificate
Contact:
Office Phone: (847) 824-0892
Email: jdileonardi@icsw.edu
Sherwood Faigen, M.A.
Sherwood Faigen is the Clinical Practicum coordinator, a member of the curriculum committee, an instructor in the Conceptual Foundations and Clinical Sequences, a clinical consultant, and he serves on dissertation committees. In addition to his roles at ICSW, Mr. Faigen maintains a private practice where he practices psychotherapy for adults, children, and adolescents, and performs child, adolescent, and family evaluation and assessment. He is interested in the interface between psychodynamic theory and the practice of clinical work with a variety of populations and settings, and he would like to explore the possibilities that psychotherapy holds under non-ideal conditions of practice. Mr. Faigen enjoys working at ICSW because it provides him the opportunity to work with like-minded colleagues, delve into literature, work with students, and contribute to the field.
Education:
Northwestern University, B.A.
London School of Economics
University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, M.A.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Therapy Program Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Most Recent Publications:
Faigen, Sherwood and Jennifer Tolleson. On the Psychoanalytic essay: Introduction to three essays, AAPCSW Conference 2002. Psychoanalysis and Social Work. 10.2 (2003).
Faigen, Sherwood. Rev. of Harry Stack Sullivan: Interpersonal Theory and Psychotherapy, by F. Barton Evans. In Psychodynamic Counselling. 6.1 (2000).
Faigen, Sherwood. Rev of Being a Character: Psychoanalysis and Self Experience, by Christopher Bollas. In Illinois Society for Clinical Social Work Newsletter. Summer (1993).
Contact:
Office Phone: (708) 848-9321
Email: sfaigen@icsw.edu
Linda Freedman, Ph.D.
Linda Freedman is a faculty member at ICSW whose areas of clinical expertise include macro-practice and family practice. She works with families on relationship issues, but her preference is getting out into the community to do workshops that help people on a larger scale. Dr. Freedman is currently studying cyberbullying and accountability intervention, and she has also completed research on the acceptance of adult gay and lesbian children, and sexual assault on campus. In her free time, she works for Project Shield, a sexual-assault-prevention program of Shalva.
Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S.
University of Illinois, M.S.W.
University of Illinois, Ph.D.
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 271-7111
Email: lfreedman@icsw.edu
Freda Baron Friedman, Ph.D., L.C.S.W, RN, CS
Institute for Clinical Social Work
Area of specialty: Individuals, couples and families dealing with issues related to borderline personality disorder; Trauma; Relationship difficulties; Suicidal and self destructive/self defeating behaviors
Email: ffriedman@icsw.edu
Carol Ganzer, Ph.D.
Carol Ganzer consults with students and serves on dissertation committees at ICSW in addition to teaching. She maintains a full-time psychotherapy and consultation practice and is also the managing editor of Clinical Social Work Journal. Her areas of clinical expertise are adults, trauma, addictions, and clinical supervision, and she would like complete research about the effectiveness of psychoanalytic treatment. Dr. Ganzer also mentors in her spare time in the fellowship program at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis.
Education:
Roosevelt University, B.A.
University of Illinois at Chicago, M.A.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Ph.D. in Creative Writing
University of Illinois at Chicago, M.S.W.
University of Chicago, Advanced Psychotherapy Certificate
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor Certificate
Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, Candidate
Most Recent Publications:
England, S., Ganzer, C., & Tosone, C. (2008). Storying sadness: Figurative and prosaic representations in the writings of Sylvia Plath, Louise Glück, and Tracy Thompson. In H. Clark (Ed.), Depression and narrative: Telling the dark. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Ganzer, C. & Ornstein, E. (2008). In and out of enactments: A relational perspective on the short-and long-term treatment of substance abuse. Clinical Social Work Journal, 36(2), 155-164.
Ganzer, C. (2007). The use of self from a relational perspective. Clinical Social Work Journal, 35(2), 117-124.
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 339-8486
Email: cganzer@icsw.edu
Constance Goldberg, M.S., L.C.S.W., BCD
Constance Goldberg provides clinical consultation and dissertation advisement at ICSW. Her clinical expertise is adult psychotherapy for individuals and couples. She is interested in researching what constitutes therapeutic action and what accounts for change. Ms. Goldberg enjoys being a member of the ICSW community because of the spirit of collegiality and the commitment to the highest levels of clinical practice and teaching.
Education:
Oberlin College, B.A.
Columbia University School of Social Work, M.S.
Most Recent Publications:
Personal and professional reminiscences of Heinz Kohut. Progress in Self Psychology. 2003.
Supervision as a rite of passage: the view from self psychology. Journal of Supervision and Training in Ministry. Volume 19, 1998-1999.
Psychotherapy and pedagogy: the clinical in the classroom. The Annual of Psychoanalysis. Volume 25, l997.
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 348-3643
Email: cgoldberg@icsw.edu
James Grabowski, M.A., L.C.P.C.
James Grabowski teaches two courses in the Development Sequence at ICSW and works individually with students on independent study and cases. Mr. Grabowski is also an instructor at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and works as an administrator in the clinic at the Erikson Institute. His area of clinical expertise is child treatment and child welfare development, and he is interested in researching the barriers to mental health treatment in the United States.
Education:
Northwestern University, B.A.
University of Sussex, UK
University of Chicago, M.A.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, CAPPT
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 251-2153
Email: jgrabowski@icsw.edu
Madelyn Greenberger, M.S.
Columbia University
Area of specialty: Children, adolescents, and adults
Email: mgreenberger@icsw.edu
Michael Hoffman, M.D.
University of Chicago
Area of specialty: Adult, adolescent and child psychotherapy, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis
Email: mhoffman@icsw.edu
Nan Knight-Birnbaum, M.S.S.A.
Case Western Reserve University
Area of specialty: Adult, child, and adolescent psychotherapy
Email: nbirnbaum@icsw.edu
James N. Lampe, Ph.D.
James Lampe is an instructor for qualitative research and for self psychology in the distance learning program at ICSW, as well as a member of the Professional Enrichment Committee, a consultant for students in the general program, clinical sequence, and the Military and Veterans Social Work Specialization. He also instructs students in independent studies. Dr. Lampe’s areas of clinical expertise include adults, individuals, and couples, anxiety, depression, trauma services, and GLBT issues. He utilizes a self psychology perspective along with aspects of attachment theory and modern psychoanalytic perspectives in his practice.
Education:
Loras College, B.A.
University of Iowa, M.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Most Recent Publications:
Lampe, J., Shelby, R.D., & Thomas, B. (2012). Traumas of development in the gay male. In Ringel, S. and Brandell, J. (Eds.), Contemporary Directions in Trauma Theory, Research & Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 665-1380
Email: jlampe@icsw.edu
Robert Mardirossian, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Robert Mardirossian is on the faculty of ICSW and provides clinical consultation in addition to serving on the faculty advisory committee. He also is the executive director at Family Service of Winnetka-Northfield and is an adjunct faculty at Loyola University of Chicago School of Social Work. Dr. Mardirossian’s areas of clinical expertise are individual psychotherapy with adolescents and adults, couples therapy, and treatment of sexual dysfunctions. He is especially interested in the impact of technology on the development of one’s capacity to be alone.
Education:
Beloit College, B.A.
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, M.A.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Most Recent Publications:
Mardirossian, R. M. (1999). Sex, Lies and the President. ParenTimes, Winter, 1999, p. 2.
Contact:
Office Phone: (847) 682-5740
Email: rmardirossian@icsw.edu
Dennis McCaughan, Ph.D.
Dennis McCaughan is a faculty member of ICSW where he teaches and offers clinical and research consultation. Dr. McCaughan has taught in the areas of human development, psychoanalytic theory, and psychotherapy at a number of institutions including ICSW, Northwestern University, the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently he is consulting psychotherapist at the St. James Cathedral Counseling Center, Chicago, and The Community House, Hinsdale, Illinois. In addition, he is a contributing editor to the journal, Schools: Studies in Education. Dr. McCaughan has been in the independent practice of psychotherapy since 1984 and is a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of Illinois.
Education:
Boston University, B.S.
Stanford University, M.A.
University of Chicago, Ph.D.
Most Recent Publications:
Small acts and large ideas: Letters home. Schools, 2005, 2, 211-217.
A love affair with our school: One parent?s story. Schools, 2004,1, 72-84.
On learning to learn again. Comparative Approaches to Brief Psychotherapy, ed. W. Borden. New York: Haworth Press, 1999, pp. 203-217.
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 750-1060
Email: dmccaughan@icsw.edu
Judith Newman, M.S.W.
University of Michigan
Area of specialty: Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, and couples therapy
Email: jnewman@icsw.edu
Joseph Palombo, M.A.
Joseph Palombo is the founding dean of ICSW and specializes in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities, especially those with nonverbal learning disabilities. His theoretical orientation to practice is self-psychology.
Education:
New School for Social Research, B.A.
Yale University, M.A.
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, M.A.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Child Therapy Program Certificate
Most Recent Publications:
J. Palombo, H. Bendicsen, and B. Koch. Guide to Psychoanalytic Developmental Theories. NY: Springer Press, 2009.
Mindsharing: Transitional Objects and Selfobjects as Complementary Functions. Clinical Social Work Journal, 36, 143-154. 2008.
Self psychology theory. In B. A. Thyer (Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of social work and social welfare: Human behavior in the social environment (Vol. 2, pp. 163-205). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. 2008.
Contact:
Office Phone: (847) 432-7130
Email: jpalombo@icsw.edu
Miriam Reitz, Ph.D.
Miriam Reitz currently assists ICSW students with their dissertation research and is a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee. Her areas of clinical expertise include anything related to couple and family diagnosis and treatment, especially assessing the individual’s problems in a family context and issues involving adoption. She practices individual psychodynamic theory with an emphasis on development and an overlay of family systems theory. For her doctoral dissertation, Dr. Reitz interviewed couples in their first year of marriage about their relationships, and followed up with half of them at years 5, 10, 15, and 20. She plans to analyze the data and write a book about her findings.
Education:
Valparaiso University, B.A.
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, M.A.
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, Ph.D.
Family Institute of Chicago, 2-Year Training Certificate
Most Recent Publications:
Co-authored a book with Kenneth Watson, “Adoption and the family system: strategies for treatment”, Guildford, 1992.
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 684-2277
Email: mreitz@icsw.edu
Ida Roldán, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work
Area of specialty: Psychotherapy with adolescents and adults; Cultural competency training to agencies and institutions
Email: iroldan@icsw.edu
Scott Harms Rose, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Scott Rose teaches in the Conceptual Foundations Sequence at ICSW, as well as serves as a clinical consultant for students and sits on the Institutional Review Board. In addition to his roles at ICSW, Dr. Rose also maintains a private practice in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, where he works with adults (individuals and couples, both gay and straight) and adolescents; serves as director of mental health and clinical training at Center on Halsted, the largest LBGTQ community center in the Midwest; and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. He thoroughly enjoyed the time he spent at ICSW as a student and hopes to provide a similar experience to current students.
Education:
Case Western Reserve University, B.A.
Loyola University of Chicago, M.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Most Recent Publications:
“Oedipal Rejection: Echoes in Gay Men’s Relationships,” published by Cambria Press, Youngstown, New York, 2007.
“Complications in Gay Men’s Intimacy: Unconscious Derivatives,” Psychoanalytic Social Work, 14:2, Fall 2007.
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 201-0606
Email: srose@icsw.edu
Daniel Rosenfeld, M.A.
University of Chicago
Area of specialty: Ethics in clinical practice; Adult, child, and adolescent psychotherapy
Email: drosenfeld@icsw.edu
Charles Saltzman, B.S.
University of Chicago
Area of specialty: Learning issues; Adult, child, and adolescent psychotherapy
Email: csaltzman@icsw.edu
Kate Schechter, Ph.D.
University of Chicago (Anthropology)
Area of specialty: Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; postmodern social theory; ethnography; political economy of U.S. mental health
Email: kschechter@icsw.edu
Yolanda R. Scheunemann, M.A.
University of Chicago
Area of specialty: Adolescent and adult psychotherapy
Email: yscheunemann@icsw.edu
Erika Schmidt, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Erika Schmidt is coordinator of the Child and Adolescent Specialization at ICSW. Additionally, she serves as director of the Center for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, and she is a faculty member in various programs at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. Her areas of clinical expertise are psychotherapy and psychoanalysis with adults and children, and child and adolescent psychotherapy.
Education:
Northwestern University, B.A.
Simmons College School of Social Work, M.S.W.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Education Program
Most Recent Publications:
Schmidt, E. (2010). The Berlin Tradition in Chicago: Franz Alexander and the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis and History 12(1):69-83.
Schmidt, E. (2009). Child analysis and child psychotherapy in Chicago, 1932-2008. In Winer, J., Anderson, J. & Garber, B. (eds.), Annual of Psychoanalysis, pp. 45-61. Catskill NY: Mental Health Resources.
Schmidt, E. (2009). Social work and child psychoanalysis: Where the twain shall meet. Clinical Social Work Journal 37:56-66.
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 643-8234
Email: eschmidt@icsw.edu
Allan Scholom, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
Area of specialty: Social justice; Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; Consultation and supervision
Email: ascholom@icsw.edu
Joan Servatius, Ph.D.
Joan Servatius is a faculty member, clinical consultant, and practicum coordinator for the distance program at ICSW. She also maintains a clinical practice where she works with adolescents, adults, and couples. She is interested in clinical process topics and has completed research using the case study method to study perspectives of clinical social workers who are psychodynamic psychotherapists on deepening the treatment.
Education:
Northeastern Illinois University, B.S.
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, A.M.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 345-0201
Email: jservatius@icsw.edu
J. Peter Shaft, M.S.W.
Washington University
Area of specialty: Clinical writing; Adult, child, and adolescent psychotherapy
Email: pshaft@icsw.edu
Mark Smaller, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Area of specialty: Adult and child psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; Neuropsychoanalysis; Applied psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
Email: msmaller@icsw.edu
Brenda Solomon, Ph.D.
Syracuse University
Area of specialty: Social justice; Qualitative research; Poverty; Child welfare; Welfare to work
Email: bsolomon@icsw.edu
Jonathan Speigel, M.S.W.
Jonathan Spiegel is on the faculty of ICSW, offering clinical consultation and also co-teaches the first-year case conference. His theoretical orientation to practice is psychodynamic, but he is open to other schools of thought. In his practice, he helps people work through depression, anxiety, and other dissatisfactions or frustrations. In addition to his work at ICSW, Mr. Spiegel teaches in the Child Therapy Program at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and maintains a private practice in downtown Chicago.
Education:
Milton College, B.A.
University of Illinois at Chicago, M.S.W.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program
Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, candidate
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 726-1933
Email: jspeigel@icsw.edu
Jeffrey Stern, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Area of specialty: Psychoanalysis and the arts, advanced training in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
Email: jstern@icsw.edu
Rita Sussman, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Area of specialty: Children and adults with learning disabilities; Psychoanalytic supervision; Parenting
Email: rsussman@icsw.edu
Michelle Sweet, Ph.D.
Institute for Clinical Social Work
Area of specialty: Individual psychotherapy with adolescents and adults; Couples therapy regarding parenting, marital and/or sexual issues
Email: msweet@icsw.edu
Boris Thomas, Ph.D.
In addition to his duties as a faculty member, Boris Thomas co-leads ICSW’s Professional Enrichment Committee, is a member of the Marcia V. Adler Scholarship Fund Committee, and supervises students for independent studies and clinical consultation. Outside of ICSW, Dr. Thomas serves a mediator at the Center for Conflict Resolution, a not-for-profit organization that provides free mediation services both in their private offices and in various courts throughout Cook County. His areas of clinical expertise include couples (same sex and straight), gay men, and issues of culture and race, and his theoretical orientation to practice includes contemporary object relations/relational theory and self psychology with some cognitive and behavioral approaches when needed.
Education:
Wesleyan University, B.A.
New York University School of Law, J.D.
New York University Silver School of Social Work, M.S.W.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Cathedral Counseling Center Fellow
International Psychoanalytical Association Research Training
Northwestern University Divorce Mediation Training Certificate
Center for Conflict Resolution Mediation Training Certificate
Most Recent Publications:
Lampe, J., Shelby, R.D., & Thomas, B. (2012). Traumas of development in the gay male. In Ringel, S. and Brandell, J. (Eds.), Contemporary Directions in Trauma Theory, Research & Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Thomas, B. (2008). Seeing and being seen: Courage in cross-racial treatment. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 15(01), pp. 60-68
Thomas, B. (2008). Victims of the genocidal mind: Societal indicators and individual case treatment considerations. Clinical Social Work Journal, 36(2), 185-193.
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 279-7575
Email: bthomas@icsw.edu
Jennifer Tolleson, Ph.D.
Jennifer Tolleson maintains a private practice in Burlington, VT, and Chicago. Her areas of clinical expertise are psychoanalytic theory and practice; clinical process (T/CT); adolescents, adults, couples, and families; and immigrants who are at risk of deportation or are victims of political persecution. At ICSW, she is a clinical and theory instructor and consultant, and she is deeply interested in the intersections of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, social theory, politics, and human rights, as well as clinical process research. In addition, Dr. Tolleson engages in Middle East (Palestine/Israel) peace work, is an asylum worker for Physicians for Human Rights, and provides pro bono clinical evaluations for victims of torture and political persecution.
Education:
Arizona State University, Pre-Med and Psychology
Loyola University of Chicago, M.S.W.
Smith College, Ph.D.
Most Recent Publications:
Tolleson, Jennifer. Saving the world one patient at a time: Psychoanalysis and social critique. Psychotherapy and Politics International. 7.2 (2009).
Tolleson, Jennifer. Winning our place and losing our edge: Social justice and psychoanalytic social work. American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work Newsletter. May (2008).
Faigen, Sherwood and Jennifer Tolleson. On the Psychoanalytic essay: Introduction to three essays, AAPCSW Conference 2002. Psychoanalysis and Social Work. 10.2 (2003).
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 409-2851
Email: jtolleson@icsw.edu
Charles Turk, M.D.
Case Western Reserve University
Area of specialty: Lacanian theory and treatment of psychosis
Email: cturk@icsw.edu
Lynne Tylke, Ph.D.
Lynne Tylke is on the faculty of ICSW, chairs the clinical curriculum for the distance-learning program as well as teaching the third-year case conference. She also works with students as an advisor and clinical consultant. Her areas of clinical expertise include adult psychotherapy focusing on depression and anxiety, grief work, PTSD, marital issues, and working with adolescents. Her theoretical orientation to practice is psychodynamic and relational work with individuals.
Education:
Elmhurst College, B.A.
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, A.M.
Institute for Clinical Social Work, Ph.D.
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 560-9204
Email: ltylke@icsw.edu
Theresa Vidalon, M.S.W.
Theresa Vidalon teaches introductory research courses at ICSW in addition to providing research support at the Center on Health Promotion Research for Persons with Disabilities at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her areas of clinical expertise are mental health, substance use, and domestic violence, and her theoretical orientation to practice is strengths-based. Ms. Vidalon is very interested in doing research on mental health and long-term care. She is working on her doctorate in social work at University of Illinois, Chicago.
Education:
University of Michigan, B.S.
University of Michigan, M.S.W.
Most Recent Publications:
Watson, A.C., Angell, B., Vidalon, T., & Davis, K. (2010). Measuring perceived procedural justice and coercion among persons with mental illness in police encounters: The Police Contact Experience Scale. Journal of Community Psychology, 38(2), 206-226.
Watson, A.C., Kelly, B.L., & Vidalon, T.M. (2009). Examining the meaning attached to mental illness and mental health services among justice system-involved youth and their parents. Qualitative Health Research, 19(8), 1087-1099.
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 319-9587
Email: tvidalon@icsw.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Joshua Cohen, M.A.
Email: jcohen@icsw.edu
Edward Haley, A.M.
Edward Haley has been involved in the ICSW community by teaching classes, serving on the admissions committee, chairing the faculty advisory committee, serving on the curriculum committee, and by supervising many treatment cases and diagnostics. His area of clinical expertise is long-term treatment, and he likes to help students understand and clarify problematic therapy issues. Mr. Haley is especially interested in unconscious communication in the therapeutic process.
Education:
University of Chicago, A.B.
University of Chicago, A.B.
University of Chicago, A.M.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Child and Adolescent Program Certificate
Contact:
Office Phone: (773) 348-2270
Email: ehaley@icsw.edu
Janet Kohrman, M.A.
Email: jkohrman@icsw.edu
Marion Rosenbluth, Ph.D.
Email: mrosenbluth@icsw.edu
Louise Saltzman, M.S.W.
Email: lsaltzman@icsw.edu
Henry R. Scheunemann, M.A.
Email: hscheunemann@icsw.edu
Cynthia Stone, Ph.D.
Email: cstone@icsw.edu
Visiting Professors
Bert Cohler, Ph.D.
Email: bcohler@icsw.edu
Hylene Dublin, M.S.W.
Email: hdublin@icsw.edu
Jill Gardner, Ph.D.
Email: jgardner@icsw.edu
Carla Leone, Ph.D.
Email: cleone@icsw.edu
Harriet Meek, Ph.D.
Email: hmeek@icsw.edu
Caryle Perlman, M.S.
Columbia University
Area of specialty: Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; Couples treatment; Perversion and misbehavior
Email: cperlman@icsw.edu
Phillis Sheppard, Ph.D.
Phillis Sheppard is a visiting professor and consultant at ICSW in addition to her role as associate professor at Pastoral Theology North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. Her areas of clinical expertise are adult psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in culture, ethnicity, gender/sexuality, and religion. Dr. Sheppard has completed research on African American women’s experience of religion and spirituality, the psychology of religion methodology, and qualitative/ethnographic and psychoanalytical textual analysis.
Education:
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
Colgrate Rochester Divinity School, M.A.
Chicago Theological Seminary, Ph.D.
Center for Religion & Psychotherapy of Chicago, Clinical Training, Self Psychology and Religion Certificate
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Adult Psychoanalysis Certificate
Most Recent Publications:
Between Self, Culture and Others in Womanist Practical Theology. Palgrave Macmillan Press, March 1, 2011.
“A Womanist Perspective on Conversions Studies,” accepted for publication, Ex Auditu: An International Journal for the Theological Interpretation of Scripture, Vol. 25, 2010.
“Mourning the Loss of Cultural Selfobjects: Black Embodiment and Religious Experience after Trauma,” Practical Theology 2.1, 2008.
Contact:
Office Phone: (312) 782-7144
Email: psheppard@icsw.edu
Judith Feigon Schiffman, M.S.W.
Email: jschiffman@icsw.edu
Visiting Instructors
Lynn McIntyre, Ph.D.
Institute for Clinical Social Work
Email: lmcintyre@icsw.edu
Michele Rivette, M.S.W.
Email: mrivette@icsw.edu
Virginia Secemsky, Ph.D.
Virginia Secemsky is a visiting instructor at ICSW and also maintains a private practice. Her area of clinical expertise is intimate partner violence/sexual abuse supervision, and her theoretical orientation to practice is integrative theoretical orientation. Dr. Secemsky is also a supervisor at Preservation of Human Dignity, an agency for women with unplanned pregnancy; she does annual training and staff development. Her areas of research interest are domestic violence, supervision, and couples with longstanding relationships beginning in childhood or adolescence.
Education:
Northwestern University, B.S.
University of Chicago, M.A.
University of Chicago, Ph.D.
Northwestern University, Divorce Mediation Certificate
Contact:
Office Phone: (847) 991-6444
Email: vsecemsky@icsw.edu