Kathy Diehl, MSW received her Masters in Social Work at the University of Michigan and completed postgraduate training at the Ann Arbor Center for the Family. She has a range of experiences and clinical interests including work with individuals who are experiencing grief and loss, and supportive treatments for patients with depression. Her area of specialization is in the area of personality disorders where she provides both individual and group Dialectic Behavioral Therapy.

JoAnn Heap, MSW, ACSW is a Clinical Social Worker with experience in treatment for all types of mental illness, having assisted patients and families for ten years on the inpatient psychiatric unit at U of M Hospital. She has maintained a practice in individual and group treatment in an outpatient setting as well. She currently supervises a team of clinicians providing DBT treatment in Community Mental Health settings and is developing programs and training clinicians at Riverview Outpatient Clinic. She has a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a Masters degree from University of Michigan. She speaks to audiences about treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder.

Vivien Hsu, MSW received her training at Smith College School of Social Work. Since 1971, she has worked in various mental health and family counseling settings providing therapy to children and adults, couples and families. Ms. Hsu currently delivers a range of services to the adult population. Her therapy skills include expertise in grief and loss, interpersonal conflicts, occupational stressors, child abuse and parenting concerns. She came to the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry in 1993.

Vanessa Korn, MSW has been active within the University of Michigan Health Center Department of Social Work for the past two decades. Her clinical areas of interest include the treatment of mood disorders, with special emphasis on individuals impacted by trauma or abuse. She has provided couples counseling, and couples communication groups both within psychiatric and primary care settings. Vanessa has also been active administratively within Psychiatric Social work, and involved in numerous projects having to do with clinical redesign within Ambulatory Services and the Depression Center. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Social Work.

Anne Kramer, MSW is an advanced Clinical Social Worker in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She completed a Masters Degree in Social Work at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include adolescent depression, youth suicide prevention, and the evaluation of intervention programs. Her clinical interests include child and adolescent behavioral health, the development of new services and programs for youth, and patient and family education.

Deborah Long, MSW earned her master's degree at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. She completed her clinical internship at Catholic Social Services of Jackson, and postmasters clinical fellowship at the University of Michigan Outpatient Psychiatry Department. She has postgraduate training in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and marital therapy. Special interests include depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and women's health issues. She provides therapy for individuals, couples and groups.

Patricia Melnick, MSW completed both her undergraduate work in psychology and masters in social work at the University of Michigan. She has prior clinical experience in substance abuse treatments, and residential and outpatient treatments with adolescents. Her interests lie in treatment of depressive disorders and schizophrenia, and she works in a number of venues with individuals with chronic illness at both the University of Michigan and the Community Mental Health setting.

Florence Kittie Morelock, MSW is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Social Work and has over thirty years of clinical experience. She currently practices in general and supportive therapy within psychiatry and has special interest in mood disorders, life transitions, cross-cultural adjustment, and women's health.

David Neal, MSW completed his training at Michigan State University. He has served as the Director of Psychiatric Social Work in addition to playing a key administrative role in the development of the Washtenaw County Health Organization, an innovative program designed to meet the medical and mental health needs of Washtenaw County residents. He has substantial experience in the public mental health system, and he has been an innovator in group therapy and running interpersonal group treatments for men and women.

Laura Nitzberg, MSW is a graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University and Columbia University School of Social Work where she received her master's degree in 1975. She received advanced family therapy training at the Ackerman Institute in New York City. She has over twenty-five years experience caring for individuals, couples and families. She specializes in helping families who have relatives with mental illness and treating dual-career couples. Laura educates psychiatric residents and other graduate students in the area of couples and family therapy. She is also on the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Social Work.

Katharene Schoof, MSW, ACSW is an advanced Clinical Social Worker in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She completed a master's degree in Social Work at the University of Michigan. Her clinical interests include child and adolescent depression, post -traumatic stress disorder, other anxiety and disruptive behavior illnesses, and adoption issues. Katharene specializes in psychosocial therapies, including group interventions for depressed children and adolescents.

Melissa Webster, MSW is a Clinical Social Worker in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She completed a master's degree in Social Work at the University of Michigan. Her clinical interests include child and adolescent depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, and post traumatic stress disorder. Her research interests include depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. She is the Clinical Research Coordinator for STAR*D Child, a project which focuses on the effects of maternal depression on children. Melissa specializes in cognitive behavioral therapies.

Claire Weiner, MSW received her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois and master's degree at the University of Chicago. Her range of experience and interests include older adults, grief and loss, cognitive behavioral therapy for depression, and individuals and couples. She is currently involved in an initiative which will broaden the mental health services to the Cancer Center providing group therapy. She has been a social work field instructor for thirteen years at the University of Michigan.