In-home Therapist, Per Diem @ Provide parenting skill education, group therapy, and individual therapy to clients with current DCF involvement with their families in the Fatherhood Lessons in Practice (F.L.I.P) Program. Provide family therapy; individual therapy for children, adolescents, and adults; and parenting skill education to clients with recent DCF involvement with their families in the Happy In-home Therapy Program. From June 2012 to Present (3 years 7 months) School Social Work Intern @ Worked in a small, ethnically diverse (1/3 Latino, 1/3 African-/Caribbean- American, 1/3 white) public school serving grade 9-12 students who have not succeeded in traditional school settings. • Provided psychotherapy to students with problems with substance abuse, learning disabilities, behavioral difficulties, and emotional disorders. • Engaged in crisis intervention, met with family members, collaborated with faculty and staff on intervention plans, and made referrals to outside agencies. From August 2011 to June 2012 (11 months) Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Part Time @ Taught Contemporary Political Theory. From January 2012 to May 2012 (5 months) Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Part Time @ Taught Politics, Morality, Emotion to a class of inmates in Cheshire Correctional Institution. From September 2011 to December 2011 (4 months) Clinical Social Work Intern (Volunteer) @ Worked in The Connection, Inc. Counseling Center, an outpatient clinic providing substance abuse and mental health services to a socioculturally diverse clientele. • Performed clinical intake, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment planning. • Provided individual psychotherapy to clients with schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, and substance abuse problems. • Collaborated with clinical and medical staff on treatment planning and case management. From May 2011 to August 2011 (4 months) Outreach and Case Work Intern @ Worked in the Outreach and Engagement Program, part of an inter-agency homeless outreach taskforce focused on building and sustaining rapport with persons who are distrustful of service systems • Engaged in street outreach to chronically homeless persons with serious mental illness and/or substance abuse problems. • Provided case management for homeless or recently homeless clients, including treatment planning, assistance with procuring basic needs (food, shelter, clothing), harm reduction (extreme weather exposure, untreated medical conditions, substance abuse), assisting clients attain entitlements, and housing and vocational assistance, and coordinating with mental health and physical health providers. • Worked as a member of a multi-profession, inter-agency team of homeless outreach workers engaged in collaborative strategic engagement with over 100 chronically homeless people in New Haven. From September 2010 to May 2011 (9 months) Assistant Professor of Politics and Government @ Taught courses in political theory and American politics, including American Government, Public Policy, Congress, Politics and Education, Democratic Theory, American Political Thought, Ancient Political Theory, Early Modern Political Theory, Late Modern Political Theory, and Race and Politics. From 2001 to 2011 (10 years)

Master of Social Work (MSW), Clinical/Medical Social Work, School Social Work @ Southern Connecticut State University From 2009 to 2012 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Political Science @ University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesBachelor of Arts (BA) with honors, Government @ Oberlin College Christopher LCSW is skilled in: Clinical Social Work, School Social Work, Psychotherapy, Individual Counselling, Violence Against Women, Homelessness, Mental Health Counseling, Adolescent Therapy, Non-verbal Communication, Communication Theory, Emotional Problems, Identity, Political Science, Political Philosophy, American Politics