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Phone: 202 319 4779
Email: bennetts@cua.edu
Education:
Ph.D., School for Social Work, Smith College, Northampton, MA; Dissertation topic: Two mothers and their child: A multimethod study of parenting bonds and division of labor within lesbian adoptive families
M.S.W., School of Social Work and Community Planning, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Concentration: Clinical social work
B.A., Religion, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Areas of Specialty:
Attachment theory and neurobiology; contemporary psychodynamic theory; clinical social work practice; qualitative research
Research Interests:
Attachment processes within family and professional caregiving relationships, clinical practice, and supervision; multicultural and nontraditional families; social work education; international social work
Biographical Information:
After a career as a clinical social worker in the mental health and health care arenas, Dr. Bennett joined the NCSSS faculty in 2003 to teach human behavior theory and practice. She has been a psychotherapist and supervisor for over 25 years and maintains a small private practice with adults in Bethesda, MD. Initially, she was a clinical social worker in the NICU at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, for eight years. When she transferred from full-time social work practice to academia, she taught for five years at VCU School of Social Work in Northern Virginia and was on the faculty of Smith College School for Social Work as an adjunct professor, research advisor, and supervisor. Dr. Bennett recently taught for two years in the NCSSS-MTSW program in conflict-affected Mindanao, Philippines, and has developed a new interest in the interface of attachment, trauma, and religion.
Selected Publications:
(Links below may require CUA log-on, available to CUA students and faculty):
Bennett, S., & Deal, K. (2009). Beginnings and endings in social work supervision: The interaction between attachment and developmental processes. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 29(1), 101-117.
Bennett, S. (2008). The interface of attachment, transference, and countertransference: Implications for the clinical supervisory relationship. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 78(2-3), 301-320.
Bennett, S., Mohr, J., BrintzenhofeSzoc, K., & Saks, L. (2008). General and supervision-specific attachment styles: Relations to student perceptions of social work field supervisors. Journal of Social Work Education, 42(2), 75-94.
Bennett, S. (2008). Attachment-informed supervision for social work field education. Clinical Social Work Journal, 36(1), 97-108.
Bennett, S., & Nelson, J. (2008). Closing thoughts. In Special Edition: Attachment-based clinical social work with adults: New directions, new populations. Clinical Social Work Journal, 36(1), 109-112.
Nelson, J., & Bennett, S. (2008). Introduction. In Special Edition: Attachment-based clinical social work with adults: New directions, new populations. Clinical Social Work Journal, 36(1), 3-8.
Bennett, S., & Saks, L. (2006). A conceptual application of attachment theory and research to the social work student-field instructor supervisory relationship. Journal of Social Work Education, 42(3), 157-169.
Bennett, S. (2006). Clinical writing of a therapy in progress: Ethical questions and therapeutic challenges. Clinical Social Work Journal, 34(2), 215-226.
Bennett, S. (2006). Attachment theory and research applied to the conceptualization and treatment of pathological narcissism. Clinical Social Work Journal, 34(1), 45-60.
Bennett, S. (2004). Viewing telephone therapy through the lens of attachment theory and infant research. Clinical Social Work Journal, 32(3), 239-250.
Bennett, S. (2003). International adoptive lesbian families: Parental perceptions of the influence of diversity on family relationships in early childhood. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 74(1), 73-91.
Bennett, S. (2003). Is there a primary mom? Parental perceptions of attachment bond hierarchies within lesbian adoptive families. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 20(3), 159-173.
Bennett, S. (2002). Addressing homophobia and heterosexism in the mental health classroom: An intersubjective frame for learning. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 6(3/4), 133-143.
Selected Presentations:
Mohr, J., Bennett, S., & Deal, K. (2009, August). Effects of a supervision training workshop on the supervisory relationship. In Theodore R. Burnes (Chair), Reaching for the stars with counseling supervision: Training the new generation. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ahearn, F., Sheridan, M., & Bennett, S. (2009, July). Social work education in Mindanao, Philippines: The planning of a Master’s program, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, and what teachers learn from students. Conference on International Social Work, Jersey City, NJ.
Ringel, S., Basham, K., & Bennett, S. (2009, February). Clinical applications of attachment theory: Trauma, supervision and the Adult Attachment Interview. 11th National Conference of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, New York, NY.
Bennett, S. (2008, December). Attachment processes and the supervisory relationship. Annual Conference of The Georgia State Society for Clinical Social Work, Atlanta, GA.
Bennett, S. (2007, October). Attachment-informed field instructor training: An evidence-based model for social work education. 53rd Annual Program Meeting of CSWE, San Francisco, CA.
Nelson, J., & Bennett, S. (2007, October). Crying, attachment, and affect-regulation in a disorganized family. Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Washington, DC.
Bennett, S., & BrintzenhofeSzoc, K. (2006, June). An attachment-based supervision training model for M.S.W. field instructors. 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, Buffalo, NY.
Bennett, S. (2006, May). Parental perceptions of diversity and early childhood attachment processes within international adoptive lesbian families. Symposium on Contemporary Research about LGBT-Headed Families, Philadelphia, PA.
Bennett, S., & Saks, L. V. (2005, February). Attachment theory and research: Implications for field work instructor-student supervisory relationships. 51st Annual Program Meeting of CSWE, New York, NY.
Bennett, S. (2002, January). Two mothers and a child: A qualitative study of parenting bonds and division of labor within lesbian adoptive families. Poster Presentation. 6th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Diego, CA.
Courses Taught:
Integration for Clinical Social Work Practice (PhD); Advanced Qualitative Research Methods (PhD); Psychodynamic Theory and Social Functioning (MSW-PhD); Attachment Theory and Neurobiology (MSW); Human Behavior in the Social Environment (MSW and the MTSW program in Mindanao, Philippines); Human Development and Psychopathology (MSW)
Awards and Honors:
Bennett, S., & Blome, W. (2009). Clinical Social Work Scholars Fund. Research grant award ($5,000) for Attachment-based child welfare supervision: Development of the curriculum (Phase I).
Sheridan, M., Soniat, B., & Bennett, S. (2008). Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health Templeton Foundation Award. Research grant award ($200,000) for Investigation of the effects and mechanisms of religious involvement on the physical and mental health of African American caregiver.
Bennett, S. (2007). Distinguished Social Work Scholar Award. National Academy of Practice.
Bennett, S. (2007). The Catholic University of America Faculty Grant-in-Aide. Research grant award ($3800) for A developmental – relational approach to field supervision.
Bennett, S. (2003). Distinguished Adjunct Instructor Award. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work.
Licensure and Certification:
Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C), Maryland (02961)
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), District of Columbia (LC300360)
Professional Memberships:
American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW)
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work (GWSCSW)
National Academies of Practice (NAP)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
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