Laurel has provided extensive clinical social work services to individuals, couples, families, and groups. She has served in leadership and supervisory roles and has provided CEU training workshops, grand round presentations and community educational programming in many settings throughout the 30 year span of her flourishing career.
Clinical Private Practice Owner
Clinical Supervision Practice
Inpatient Addiction Therapist, Maplegrove, HFHS
Homevisiting Geriatric Practice
Group Psychotherapy Private Practice
Dual Diagnosis Residential Crisis Therapist
Outpatient Group Practice, Addiction Focus
Senior Preventive Services Social Worker
Youth Homeless Shelter Social Worker
Geriatric Day Treatment Case Manager
Behavioral Tech, LLC, A Linehan Institute Training Company, Seattle, WA (Via Detroit, MI). Ten-Day Workshop: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive Training, Parts 1 & 2 July 2017, February 2018 Three-Day Workshop: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills and Strategies February 2017
Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC) Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP) IC&RC Exam Passed
US Army; Bring Them The Rest Of The Way Home Military Cultural Competence: PTSD Then and Now, There and Here; The Impact of Deployment and Combat Stress on Families and Children, Part I and II; Exams Passed
Fundamentals of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems (FAODP), Oakland County Health Division, Office of Substance Abuse Services, Exam Passed
Certified Advanced Addictions Counselor (CAAC) Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals; Earned
Advanced Clinical Social Work Examination Passed Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
The Martha K. Selig Ed. Institute of the JBFCS/Center for the Advancement of Group Studies, NYC Focused Interactive Time Limited Group Module, 9-Week Course
The Martha K. Selig Educational Institute of the JBFCS, Advanced Training Program, NYC Family Therapy Certificate, 2 Years, Weekly Full Day Courses/Supervision/ Grand Rounds
Columbia University Graduate School of Social Work, NYC
Field Instruction and Clinical Supervision Certificate; Year-Long Weekly Seminar
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, In-Service Training Program, NYC--3 years of Weekly Clinical Seminars
Intermediate Social Work Examination Passed American Association of State Social Work Boards (AASSWB) 1990
Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, NYC, MSW, 1990
University of California, Santa Barbara, BA, Psychology 1987
University of Haifa and Hebrew University, Haifa and Jerusalem, Israel; Education Abroad Program, University of California; Full year coursework: Hebrew Ulpan/Jewish Studies 1985 to 1986
American Psychiatric Association. 2013. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition DSM-5; Cited as a Collaborating Investigator on Page 915; 2013
American Psychiatric Association; DSM-5 Field Trials in Routine Clinical Practice Settings, Collaborating Investigator 2011 to 2012
Columbia University Graduate School of Social Work; NYC; Lecturer 1993 to 1997