2021 Annual Report

2021

annual

report

on the 2020-2021 academic and fiscal periods

THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK PSYCHODYNAMIC GRADUATE STUDIES

1345 W. ARGYLE STREET CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60640

TABLE OF CONTENTS

02 | MISSION AND VALUES

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03 | LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

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04 | SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

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05 | KEY EVENTS

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06 | FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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07 | DONORS

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08 | TRUSTEE AND STAFF

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Founded in 1981 The Institute for Clinical Social Work (ICSW) was started by a small group of visionary social workers from leading Chicago-area institutions. The founders were aware that most doctoral programs in social work focused on policy, administration, and research, with little preparation for clinical work. ICSW’s founders understood why: these programs resided within universities, where they were pulled in multiple directions by the needs of the larger institution, its competing departments, and its dependence on grant-winning research.

In 1979, discussions began with the following prominent social workers: Carl Bartolucci, Richard Calica, Arthur Diers, James Forkeotes, Connie Goldberg, Ellen Kenemore, Tom Kenemore, Janet Kohrman, Helen Lane, Arnold “Arnie” Levin, Paul Reizen, Joseph Palombo, Louise Saltzman, Arthur Schwartz, and Bruce Smith. The group met to begin developing a plan for an independent higher educational institution to offer advanced clinical training.

In 1981, just two years after the initial discussions began, on November 3, 1981, ICSW drafted its articles of incorporation and submitted its application on November 28,1981, for incorporation to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for operating authority.

In 1983, twelve faculty members welcomed its first class of six students into the PhD program. On March 19, 2012, the Institutional Actions Council of the Higher Learning Commission approved the MA program in clinical counseling and psychotherapy.

ICSW is proud to be the only independent, accredited clinical social work Ph.D. program in the United States. It boasts 130 fulland part-time students and 60 faculty. ICSW remains independent and is fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It is recognized across the nation for its outstanding faculty of scholar-practitioners, dedication to students, and contributions to the field of psychodynamic education.

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MISSION VALUES The mission of the Institute for Clinical Social Work, an institution of higher education, is to prepare scholars and practitioners to advance the knowledge and quality of practice in the fields of clinical social work and counseling and to serve diverse communities through professional and academic contributions.

In keeping with our roots in social work and our commitment to social justice, we develop psychodynamically informed professionals who recognize and celebrate diversity, practice compassionately, and have the knowledge and skills to empower people to lead meaningful lives.

Psychodynamic professionals and practicing clinicians who are nationally recognized as leaders in the field.

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A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT

MICHELLE CURTAIN STEWART, EdD

Dear Friends of ICSW: ICSW-Resilience. I’m excited to present you with the 2021 Annual Report for the Institute for Clinical Social Work (ICSW). Current events continue to provide lessons about living during crises and that an important aspect of organizational survival is developing a culture of resilience. Resiliency is often used in describing an individual’s ability to overcome adversity. However, resiliency is also an appropriate term to use when describing the organizational culture at ICSW during the July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021, fiscal period. During this past fiscal year, faculty, instructors, and staff have worked together to maintain a resilient campus culture by developing and engaging in practices that helped us work through periods of adversity. According to George S. Everly, Jr. in the article, “Building a Resilient Organizational Culture,” here are a few ways that organizations demonstrate resilience:

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1. Resilient organizations invest in their client base; 2. Resilient organizations are innovative in times of adversity; and 3. Resilient organizations invest in their leaders.

While higher education has not been immune to the societal challenges this past year, we have maintained cultural resiliency. First, our commitment to supporting our students has been unwavering. We continued to provide students with access to mentors and consultants, as well as increasing counseling and academic services, and individual scholarships. This year, we were proud to welcome a geographically diverse cohort of students from eleven different states including: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Secondly, we continued to innovate our practices by streamlining operations and increasing operational efficiencies by moving to online financial services. Finally, we continued to support faculty, instructors, and staff by prioritizing professional development training on campus, virtually, and providing access to an archive of professional development resources through an online learning commons.

A continuation of the aforementioned institutional investments will help ICSW continue to thrive and adapt in times of crises. Recent alumni data show that most graduates pass their licensure exam on the first attempt, are working in the field either in private practice or at a non-profit agency and are extremely satisfied with their academic experiences at ICSW. To ensure a continuation of programmatic rigor and student success, we will maintain campuswide investments through the next fiscal year.

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I am incredibly proud of the work and commitment of our community to ICSW and consider it a privilege to lead in advancing the mission of psychodynamic graduate education.

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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

ELIZABETH JACOBS RECIPIENT

Aaron Skinner-Spain has over a decade of experience

Agata Kubinska is a full-time doctoral student. Her

as a social worker in NYC and is the Founder &

goal is to continue making a difference in the lives

Director of Clinical Services at NYC Affirmative

of immigrant families and helping them reach their

Psychotherapy: a community focused, sliding scale,

fullest potential.

group psychotherapy practice located in Manhattan that has a special commitment to serve queer communities of color.

NEED BASED SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

AINSLEY REBECCA THORNHILL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

AINSLEY REBECCA THORNHILL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

compassionate and welcoming environment where all

Laura Davis believes that working with vulnerable

Tegan Hullinger enrolled in the PhD program to

Alison Miransky is a licensed clinical social worker

my patients can express and explore the barriers and

populations goes beyond direct therapeutic services

further equip her to serve vulnerable communities

at Broward Health Medical Center. A frontline

blocks in their lives and grapple with the challenges

and broader efforts must be made to advocate for

with high rates of trauma. Currently, she provides

healthcare professional during the recent global

change on a systemic level and believes it is of utmost

trauma-informed services for the LGBTQI community

pandemic, Alison holds certification from the Board of

importance to address systemic concerns around

at a Chicago-based practice.

Oncology Social Work as well as from the Commission

Virginia Hogue is committed to creating a

they will face. This scholarship will enable me to serve my community and create the practice I have dreamed of starting by allowing individuals the space to come, explore and be heard without fear of a financial barrier.

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barriers to mental health services, especially barriers to long-term, in-depth therapy.

for Case Manager Certification.

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? LISTENING TO OURSELVES - CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PSYCHOANALYST’S LIFE WHERE DOES THE BODY FIT IN EXPERIENCE. CONTEMPORARY PSYCHODYNAMIC WORK?

RACE IN THE TREATMENT ROOM

JULY 9, 2021

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

LOUIS PANSULLA MSW, LCSW CHRISTINA PETERS PHD

MERARI FERNANDEZ CASTRO, LCSW an ICSW Advanced Standing Student, will present: “When the other is in the room: is a graduate of ICSW and the University Psychodynamic perspectives from a therapist of Chicago. Her doctoral studies were of color.” Ms. Fernandez Castro is a Clinical focused on medicine and clinical social Social Worker in solo private practice in work. Her clinical work includes research in Chicago. Throughout her work at various pediatric neurophysiology, foster care and community agencies and private practice adoption, and chronic pain, with a focus settings, she has developed an interest on attachment. She has written about in working with individuals experiencing attachment and psychotherapy from a complicated traumatic life experiences as relational lens. She currently has a private well as in the body’s response to suffering. practice in Honolulu and is a faculty member

ANGELA SONG, PHD, LCSW, BCD

at ICSW.

is in private practice in Chicago’s north suburbs, working with children, adults, and couples. She teaches both at ICSW as well as the Chinese American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr Peters has presented at a variety of national and international conferences.

is a relational psychoanalyst practicing in Brooklyn, New York. Louis’ practice focuses on work with a wide range of presentations, specializing in gender and sexual identities, embodiment, relational issues, trauma, couples work, and groups. Mr. Pansulla is on Faculty at the Institute for Clinical Social Work (Chicago), the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (NY) and the Chinese American Psychoanalytic Association (China), where he teaches, supervises, and consults in each.

KEY EVENTS

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GIFTS AND FAVORS IN THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP JULY 23, 2021

LANGUAGE, RACE AND EROTIC DESIRE JULY 30, 2021

INTERROGATION OF THE WHITE GAZE: EXPLORING RACE, POWER AND DE-CENTERING WHITENESS IN SUPERVISION AUGUST 13, 2021

CARLA LEONE, PHD is Director of the group practice North Suburban Family Psychologists. She is on Faculty at the Institute for Clinical Social Work and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and directs a new certificate program in Integrative Psychoanalytic Couples Therapy, co-sponsored by both institutions. She is the Secretary of the International Assoc. of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (IAPSP) and is author of several papers on the application of contemporary self-psychology to couple and family therapy, and one on the “unseen spouse” of patients in individual treatment and has presented nationally and internationally.

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GREGORY S. RIZZOLO PHD is a faculty member at the Institute for Clinical Social Work, and the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, as well as the Clinical Director at Depth Counseling Services.

His work has appeared in Psychoanalytic Psychology, the Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, and the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, among others.

He is the author of The Critique of Regression (Routledge, 2019).

MERARI FERNANDEZ CASTRO, LCSW

JENNA WHITE, LCPC

an ICSW Advanced Standing Student, will present: “When the other is in the room: Psychodynamic perspectives from a therapist of color.” Ms. Fernandez Castro is a Clinical Social Worker in solo private practice in Chicago. Throughout her work at various community agencies and private practice settings, she has developed an interest in working with individuals experiencing complicated traumatic life experiences as well as in the body’s response to suffering.

is an advanced PhD student and Guest Lecturer at ICSW , and a psychotherapist, supervisor, and Director of Clinical Training and Ambassador of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Collective at Depth Counseling. She specializes in the treatment of body shame, attachment issues, trauma, addictive/compulsive behaviors, working with members of the LGBTQIA community, those in polyamorous relationships, those reentering society after incarceration and other marginalized groups.

REVENUE $2,553,700

%100

%80

$1,662,410

%60 July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021

%40

Financials: 2021

%20

Annual Report

$425,123 $65,770

%0 TUITION AND FEES

CONTRIBUTIONS

$19,050

THE JOSEPH PALOMBO CENTER

GOVERNMENT FUNDING

$182,259

$199,088

DEBT EXTINGUISHMENT

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

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EXPENSES $1,855,166

%100

%80

%60 July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021

%40

$738,321

Financials: 2021

$531,341

$445,187

%20

Annual Report

$110,636 $29,681

%0 DOCTORAL PROGRAM

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MASTER’S PROGRAM

CONTINUING EDUCATION

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL

FUNDRAISING

DONORS

SILVER

$10,000 - $14,999

Michelle & Jeffrey Stewart

Jack Mardirossian

FRIENDS $1.00 - $249.00

Bonnie Mervis Marsha Michaelson Michael Miller

DONOR

$250.00 - $499.00

SPONSOR $500 - $999

PATRON $1,000-$4,999

Joseph Palombo Jason Perry Pamela A. Peters Mr. and Mrs. John

Robert Kaprelian

Anonymous

Barbara Berger

Rosenheim

Barry Koch

Barbara Alexander

Freddi Friedman

Ellie Routtenberg

Robert Mardirossian

Michael Bauman

Anne Gearity

Louise Saltzman

Charles Miller

Carter Curtain

Connie Goldberg

Joan Servatius

Jill Newberger

William Gieseke

Jeffrey Greenberger

Nancy Shapiro

Michelle Piotrowski

Madelyn Greenberger

Leah Harp

Virginia Shropshire

Eric & Deshanda

Elaine Klemen

Anonymous

Elree C. Smith

Rodney

Jamie Loveland

Leatha Smith

Patricia Seghers

Steve Nichols

Sue Terrell

Susan Stephens

Ida Roldan

Ramon Venegas Leslie Westbrook Sharmain Williams-Barnes

Laura Wisen

BRONZE $5,000-$9,999

Anonymous Sharon Glass

TOTAL RAISED: $43,956.00

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Freda Baron Friedman, PhD- Chair

Michelle Curtain Stewart, EdD - President

Jeffrey Greenberger, JD – Vice Chair

Joan Servatius, PhD- Academic Dean

Barbara Berger, PhD- Secretary Fady Bebawy, MBA - Treasurer Barbara Alexander, LCSW, BCD

Michael Bauman, MS - VP of Finance and Operations Karen Bloomberg, PhD- Dean of Students

Andrea Harris Alpert, PhD -Faculty Advisory Council

Kenneth Frierson, MA - Associate Director of Admissions and Enrollment

Michael Bates, MS

Ramona James, EdD – Director of the Master’s Program

Carol Goldbaum, PhD

Andrea Lucius, MSW - Registrar & Director of Academic Services

Elaine Klemen, MSW Harman Mangat, BS, CFP Robert M. Mardirossian, PhD – Faculty Advisory Council Steve Nichols, MBA

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STAFF Eric Ornstein, MSW, LCSW - Field Liaison John Ridings, PhD - Director of Institutional Research Elree C. Smith, BA - Events and Administrative Coordinator

THE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK PSYCHODYNAMIC GRADUATE STUDIES

1345 W. ARGYLE STREET CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60640

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