Carol Cleaveland, Ph.D., L.S.W.
2321
Broad Street
Colmar, PA 18915
215-997-3600
fax: 215-997-9409
Voice Mail Line: 215-997-3607
Voice Mail Extension: 414
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Social Work, Bryn Mawr College (2002).
Received Hathaway Award for Academic Excellence, 1996.
M.S.S., Social Work, Bryn Mawr College (1994)
B.A., Political Science/Print Journalism, American University (1980)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Monmouth
University, West Long Branch, NJ (2003-Present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work
Bryn Mawr
College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. (1997-1999)
Instructor, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
PUBLICATIONS:
“A Desperate Means to Dignity: Work Refusal Amongst Philadelphia Welfare Recipients,” Ethnography, an international journal of ethnographic research, Vol. 6(1), March 2004.
“Menial Labor: Its Meaning and Implications for Welfare Recipients,” Arete, journal of the University of South Carolina School of Social Work, Winter 2004.
“Ain’t Nobody Got it That Sweet: Fragile Work Attachment in a Cohort of Philadelphia Welfare Recipients,” Dissertation Abstracts International, May 2000.
Book Review: Diminishing Welfare: A Cross National Study of Social Provision (edited by Gertrude Scaffner Goldberg and arguerite C. Rosenthal). Published by Affilia (18)2, 2004.
PRESENTATIONS:
“Without Wages of Benefits: Disconnected TANF Recipients’ Struggles to Achieve Agency,” paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems’ Annual Program Meeting in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2004.
“I Felt Like A Slave Doing That Work: Menial Labor’s Meaning to a Cohort of Welfare Recipients,” paper to be presented to the Global Social Work Congress 2004, sponsored by the International Federation of Social Workers, October 2-5, 2004 in Adelaide, Australia.
“The Social Construction of the Welfare Mother: A Critical Consciousness Model for Undergraduates,” to be presented to the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors, Nov. 3-7, 2004 in Detroit.
Attended Annual Program Meeting of the Council of Social Work Education in Annaheim, CA, March 2004.
“Intervention Approaches with the Resistant, Institutionalized Client” for the Whiting Health Care Center Social Work Staff, Whiting, New Jersey, Nov. 6, 2003. Lecture sponsored by the State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety/State Board of Social Work Examiners.
“Research Findings on Refusal of Welfare-to-Work Mandates” presented to faculty colloquium at Monmouth University, March 2003.
“Research Findings on 18-month Qualitative Study of Women’s Non-Compliance with Welfare Law,” presented to student and faculty colloquium at Seton Hall College, May 2002.
PRACTICE FOCUS:
Psychotherapy with individuals including adults and adolescents; family therapy
PERSONAL STATEMENT:
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
I decided to pursue a degree in social work in 1992 after years covering social services for daily newspapers. It was my hope to make a difference. I entered Bryn Mawr College, and became engaged in the serious study of both psychology and sociology. Following completion of my master’s degree, I was awarded a full-tuition scholarship in the doctoral program.
My first exposure to psychotherapy came in working with some of society’s most beleaguered citizens: First as an intern working with children who had been placed in foster care following abuse and neglect, and then as a staff therapist for Child Psychiatry Center serving populations in Kensington and North Philadelphia.
I came to INTROSPECT in 1998 and have remained in the practice because of the warm, family-atmosphere I have found while working here. At present, my practice focuses on work with adolescents, adults and families. I have extensive experience in treatment of mood disorders including depression, bi-polar depression and anxiety. In addition, I work with ADHD, ADD and adolescents who present with acting out behaviors. My treatment approach typically includes insight-oriented psychodynamic therapy, combined with cognitive behavioral approaches.
I approach my work with clients from a strengths-based perspective with focus on empowering each individual to achieve to his or her fullest potential. My hope is that everyone can one day enjoy intimacy/love, a sense of gratification from work/education, and can also play a vital role in service to others and society as a whole.
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Personal
Choice -- In-network provider
AETNA U.S. Healthcare -- In-network provider
Many
other insurance companies will provide coverage for my
services. Please call INTROSPECT'S office at 215-997-3600 between 9:00am
and 4:00 pm to verify if I may be a provider for your insurance.
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