GAIL K. GOLDEN, Ed.D, M.S.W.
77
SOUTH MAIN STREET
NEW
CITY, NY 10956
PHONE:
845-634-5729, EXT.314
EDUCATION:
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY
Ed.D., 1987
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
M.S.W., 1967
BARNARD COLLEGE
B.A., 1964
RECENT PROFESSIONAL:
VOLUNTEER COUNSELING
SERVICE OF ROCKLAND COUNTY
CLINICAL DIRECTOR
1980-PRESENT
Responsible for all
clinical work in the agency including: intakes,
assessments, case
assignments, supervision of 12-30 supervisors
annually, liaison
with other agencies, screening, training and
evaluation of
counselors, case management, troubleshooting,
policy development, grant
writing, new program development,
EAP program, oversight of Social Work and
Psychology Masters and Doctoral interns.
Design, development
and oversight of the following programs:
*A widely-acclaimed
volunteer counselor training program.
*Parenting programs
for abusive, neglectful or at-risk mothers and
fathers, separating
and divorcing parents, grandparents raising
grandchildren,
mothers new to the country (Spanish language).
*Services to Elders
Program, including in-home counseling for
homebound seniors
and care-giver¹s support group.
*FINS program, a
special service for adolescents-at -risk of placement.
*Training for
counselors related to domestic violence, racism and
diversity.
*Counseling services
for Gay and Lesbian clients.
*Peer training model
for disabled young adults.
*Special community
programs after 9/11 to provide support and
education to
professionals, clients and teachers.
*Counseling Services
for cancer patients.
*Public talks for
parents and teachers related to bullying.
*Health outreach
initiative for immigrant mothers.
PRIVATE PRACTICE OF
PSYCHOTHERAPY
1979-PRESENT
Adults, older
adolescents, couples. Specialties include domestic
violence,
parent-child, women¹s issues, trauma, depression, anxiety.
Licensed Clinical
Social Worker in NY State.
Licensed Clinical
Social Worker in the State of New Jersey.
Completed level I
and II of EMDR training.
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS:
New York State
Society for Clinical Social Work - Fellow
National Association
of Social Workers-Diplomate
National Writers
Union
OTHER
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Co-Founder and
Co-Chair of Rockland Immigration Coalition: 1999-
present. Among other
activities, this coalition helped begin the
Jornaleros
Humanitarian Assistance Project,¹ a gathering site for day laborers.
The
coalition provides information, advocacy and referal for all immigrants to the
county.
Member: Public
Health Priorities Committee of Rockland County.
Member: Nyack
Hospital Outreach Committee.
Board Member: NY
Civil Liberties Union.
Board Member: Day
Laborers Center, Spring Valley, NY.
Member of Local
Advisory Board: WBAI Radio Station 1997-2003.
Advisory Council
Member: Helping Hands, an interfaith program to
shelter the
homeless, Rockland County N.Y.
Co-author of several
widely reprinted articles on violence against
women. (See enclosed
list of publications.)
Trainer in Volunteer
Professional Network: conducting stress
workshops for New
York City Police Department employees after 9/11.
Therapist for
Project Liberty: providing counseling for police and
firefighters after
9/11 (co-sponsored by the New York City Police and Fire Departments).
Member:
NY Leadership Team People's Institute for Survival and
Beyond.
AWARDS:
Volunteer Counseling
Service: November 2000, for visionary leadship.
National
Organization for Women, Rockland County Chapter, Caroline
Lexow Babcock Award:
September 2004, unsung heroine¹ award.
New Beginnings
Dignity Services: October 2004, for humanitarian
service.
National Association
of Social Workers/ New York State Chapter:
Lifetime Achievement
Award, November 2004.
NAACP Lifetime
Achievement Award: Spring Valley N.Y. Chapter,
November 2005.
FAX:
845-634-7839
EMAILS:
PEACEPOET@AOL.COM
GGOLDEN@VOLUNTEERCOUNSELINGSERVICE.ORG
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