Kim Monson, LICSW ~ Child Therapist
“It’s easier to raise strong children than to repair broken men”
~ Frederick Douglass ~
Who Am I?
My approach is trauma informed, compassionate, direct, strengths-based, and collaborative.
Education / Training
Associates Degree in Arts & Sciences from HCC in 2001, Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services with a minor in Sociology from University of Hartford in 2004, and Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work in 2008.
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Additional training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), adoption competency (becoming an adoption competent therapist) and providing trauma informed treatment
Work Experience
I have experience working in preschools, residential programs and outpatient settings. I have worked with preschool children who were at risk for being expelled from preschool due to their behaviors. I have worked in an outpatient setting with children, youth, adults and families ages 3 to 40. I have worked in a residential substance abuse treatment program for women and their children. I have worked with mothers suffering from postpartum depression. I have worked with latency aged children and adolescents in residential programs. I have also worked as an administrator overseeing residential programs and supervising clinicians and interns.
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In addition, I have served as an adjunct faculty member in the Social Work Department at Westfield State University and in the Psychology Department at Salter College.
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