SUSAN GROSSMAN, DSW
Board Certified Fellow
142 East 13th Street 107 Cathedral Avenue
New York, NY 10003 Provicdence, RI 02908
212-979-2439 401-865-2519
GESTALT ASSOCIATES for PSYCHOTHERAPY
Academic Clinical Fellowship Program 2011-2015
DSW 1996, MSW 1992
Research Assistantship 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, Garden City, NY
BS 1977, Sociology; BA 1977, Philosophy; Dean's List, Cum Laude
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE, Sweet Briar, VA
ST. JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA
1999 - Present PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
Providence, RI
Department of Social Work,
Department of Global Studies,
Graduate Program in Mental Health Counseling
Assistant Professor
1998 - 1999 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
New York, NY
Adjunct Assistant Professor
1995 - 1998 ADELPHI UNIVERSITY
Garden City, NY
Adjunct Instructor
2014- Present Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, NY, NY
A Longitudinal Investigation into Correlations between Gestalt Diagnostic Instruments for Treatment Effectiveness Measurement at a Gestalt Psychotherapy Clinic and Training Institute; Principal Investigator (Sabbatical 2014-15) with Alan Cohen, Clinical Director
2007- 2013 Global Work with Immigrant Kids (GWIK), a United States Department of Education and
European Union Commission of Education (FIPSE) three year funded project to exchange faculty and
students from three US colleges with three EU colleges, and to build a social work practice model for
work with immigrant children (Grant # P116J0400018)
2005- 2010 International Child Day Care Services: A Comparative Analysis of Child Day Care Services in Cambodia, Denmark, France, Mexico, United States, and Vietnam
Principal Investigator: Providence College 2006/7sabbatical leave investigation
2005- 2010 Macro Practice: A TRANSPRAC Investigation into the Similarities and Differences between European Union and United States Legislative Advocacy and Policy Practice Models
Principal Investigator: United States Department of Education and European Union Commission of Education (FIPSE) three year grant funded research project
2005- Present Milieu and Direct Treatment: A TRANSPRAC Investigation into the Similarities and Differences between European Union and United States Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups
Principal Investigator: United States Department of Education and European Union Commission of Education (FIPSE) three year grant funded research project
2004 – Present TRANSPRAC: Transatlantic Alliance for Creating a New Social Services Practice, a United States
Department of Education and European Union Commission of Education (FIPSE) three year funded project to exchange faculty and students from three US colleges with three EU colleges, and to build an international social work practice model
2004- Present International Social Service Delivery Problems: An Comparative Analysis of social service issues in
Belgium, Cambodia, Denmark, Spain, Thailand, and Vietnam
Principal Investigator: Providence College 2006/7sabbatical leave investigation
2003 – 2004 Social Revitalization in Smith Hill: oral history as a community needs assessment model
Principal Investigator: Providence College 2003/4 CAFR grant funded research investigation for the Smith Hill Community Development Corporation
2001-2004 The Relation of Center-Based Day Care Quality to Attachment and Prosociability in Day Care
Enrolled 2, 3, 4, and 5 year olds
Principal Investigator: Research conducted with the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families assessing the quality of day care in Rhode Island state licensed child day care centers
1999 – 2004 Child Day Care Services: Conflicting Values and Priorities for Child Development.
Principal Investigator: Providence College 2002/3 CAFR grant funded research investigation for the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families into all Rhode Island state licensed child day care centers assessing the relationships among Day Care Placement, Security and Prosociability in 2,3,4, and 5 year olds
1997 - 2000 QUEENS SUPPORTIVE LIVING PROGRAM
Principal Investigator: The Relationship of Psychosocial Developmental Level and Level of
Independent Functioning in Severe and Persistently Mentally Il1Adults in Residential Treatment
1995 - 1996 MEMORIAL SLOANE KETTERING CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
Research Associate: Psychological Factors Related to Pregnancy Decisions in
Women with AIDS; Psychosocial Factors Related to Pregnancy Decisions in
Women Recovering from Breast Cancer
1994 - 1996 ADELPHI UNIVERSITY
Research Associate: The Sociology of the "Psy" Professions; Sibling Attachment
Bonds Throughout the Life Cycle
1975 - 1977 THE PHILADELPHIA CENTER OF MENTAL HEALTH
Research Assistant: Community Mental Health Needs Assessment
2015 GESTALT ASSOCIATES for PSYCHOTHERAPY
New York, NY
Clinical Trainer: Introduction to Intake Assessment, Psychopathology and Diagnosis
1999 - Present RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES
Child Welfare Institute Program and Training Design Group
Providence, RI
Research Consultant to Child Welfare Institute
Clinical Trainer for:
Adolescent and Adult Mental Health Issues Workshop 2009
Adolescent Development Workshops 2007, 2008
Advanced Family Assessment Workshops 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Child Development Workshops 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Day Care/Foster Care Licensing Division Quality Care Requirements 1999
DSMIV-TR Multi-Axis Application for Children, Youth, and Adults Workshop 2008
Mental Health Issues and Diagnoses in Children Workshop 2009
Supervisors Training Workshops 2000
1992-Present PRIVATE PRACTICE (NY Lic: R045057)
Psychoanalytic and Gestalt Therapies;
Clinical Supervision and Training
New York, NY
1997 - 1999 QUEENS SUPPORTIVE LIVING PROGRAM
LONG ISLAND JEWISH HILLSIDE MEDICAL CENTER
Glen Oaks, NY
Program Director
1996 - 1997 PENINSULA COUNSELING CENTER
Woodmere, NY
Child/Adolescent Psychotherapist
1987 - 1996 THE HOLLISWOOD HOSPITAL
Holliswood, NY
Supervisor
1992 - 1993 QUEENS DAY TREATMENT CENTER
LONG ISLAND JEWISH HILLSIDE MEDICAL CENTER
Jamaica, NY
Social Worker
Practice Based Research Evidence of Gestalt Treatment Effectiveness: Part 1: Gestalt Mental Status Exam (GMSE) Reliability (Paper Presentation with Alan Cohen, at the Gestalt International Study Center, Cape Cod, May, 2014)
Providence College Department of Social Work Annual Program Assessment; May, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006
Implementing International Exchange: TRANSPRAC (Susan Grossman; Gail Werrbach; Joel Verjans). Journal of Global Social Work Practice, November 2009 Providence College Department of Social Work Annual Program Assessment
Providence College Department of Social Work Program Evaluation and Self Study. Council of Social Work Education, March 2008
An Investigation into the Similarities and Differences between Selected Older Member Nations of the European Union and the United States "Best Practice" for Work with Individuals, Groups, and Communities ( Susan Grossman; Gail Werrbach; Joel Verjans; Winston Turner). Journal of Global Social Work Practice, November 2008
Building a Transatlantic Alliance for International Exchanges (Paper
Presentation at the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of
Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, March 2008)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Assessing Assessment in Professor, Course and Program Evaluation (Paper Presentation the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, March 2008)
Innovative International Exchange Among European Union and United States BSW Students (Paper Presentation at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, November 2005)
Faculty/ Student Collaborative Research: Family Centered Practice in Child Welfare (Paper Presentation at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, November 2005).
Teaching Improvisation: The Struggle for a Social Work Aesthetic
(Roundtable Discussion at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, November 2005).
Faculty and Student Collaborative Research: Attachment and Prosociability as a Function of Day Care (Paper Presentation at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, November 2004).
Marketing Social Work: Meanings, Signs, and Entrepreneurship (Paper Presentation at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, November 2004).
Teaching Social and Economic Justice: Good Rhetoric Is Exactly What We Need (Presentation at the 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program).
Making Social Advocacy and Community Organizing a Part of Everyday
Social Work Practice (Presentation to Field Supervisors and Social Work Majors at Providence College, October 2002) NASW Sponsored/SCE approved 3 credits.
Adolescent Development (Three full day workshop presentation for Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families, September 2007, May 2008, 2010).
Child Development (Three full day workshop presentation for Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families, May 2003; September 2003, May 2004, May 2005, September 2007, May 2008, 2010).
Mental Health Issues in Adolescents and Adults (Three full day workshop presentation for Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families, May 2007, 2008, 2010).
The DSMIV-TR Multi-Axis Application for Children, Youth, and Adult Diagnosis (Three full day workshop presentation for Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families, May 2008, 2009)
Performing Family Assessments (Three full day workshop presentation for Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families, May 1999; May 2000; May 2001; May 2002; May 2003, May 2004, September 2005).
International Social Work Panel (in coordination with ILEX: The International Learning Exchange at Providence College, April 2003, April 2004, April 2005)
Supervisors Workshop (Presentation for Rhode Island Department of Children Youth and Families, October 2000).
Issues in Quality of Care in Licensed Home Based and Center Based Child Day Care (Presentation to Licensing Division of Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families, October 1999)
Conflicts Concerning Community Care for Severe and Persistently
Mentally III Adults (Presentation to Hillside Residential Services, June
1997).
Existential Formulations of the Mental Illnesses (Presentation to Hillside
Residential Services, July 1997).
The Function of the Educational Model in Resident Empowerment
(Presentation to Hillside Residential Services, September 1997; AMI-
PATH, December 1997).
Residential Service Delivery in the 21st century (Presentation to
Holliswood Hospital, December 1997; AMI-PATH, December 1997, May
1998).
Day Care Dilemma (Presentation to Peninsula Counseling Center: Five Town Child Care and South Shore Community Organizations, November 1996).
Amending Attachment Theory: Ambiguities among Maternal Care, Day
Care Peer Group Experience, General Security and Altruistic Prosocial
Proclivities in 3, 4 & 5 Year Old Children (dissertation: University of
Michigan Press, May 1996 and Presentation at Adelphi University to
faculty and doctoral students, May 1996).
2010 Social Worker of the Year in Social Action by the Rhode Island of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
GWIK: Global Work with Immigrant Kids, a three year grant funded award of the United States Department of Education and European Union Commission of Education, 2008.
TRANSPRAC: Transatlantic Alliance for a New Social Services Practitioners, a three year grant funded award of the United States Department of Education and European Union Commission of Education, 2004.
Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT)
American Psychotherapy Association (APA)
Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD)
Child Welfare Panel (DCYF)
Council of Social Work Education (CSWE)
National Association of Social Work (NASW)
New York Department of Health/Medical Health Medical Reserve Corps
(DOHMHEMRC)
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