The International Conference for the Advanced Professional Practice of Clinical Social Work (ICAPP-CSW)

The International Conference for the Advanced Professional Practice of Clinical Social Work, (ICAPP-CSW) is the only professional organization in the world for clinical social workers in advanced clinical practice. ICAPP provides a meeting ground for experienced clinical social workers who are trained in a variety of orientations and currently in part or full-time private or agency practice. It promotes the highest standards for training and education, and fosters the growth of advanced clinical social workers.

ICAPP-CSW began in 1960 when 200 highly-trained clinical social workers from the United States, Canada, and Mexico met for the purpose of figuring out how to establish the private practice of clinical social work as a recognized field of its own. That goal was accomplished when clinical social work private practice was recognized as an entity by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Since then, ICAPP-CSW has helped clinical social workers maintain the highest standards of the profession while developing advanced methods of clinical social work to meet the contemporary needs of a changing society.

ICAPP-CSW is based on the belief that the advancement of private practice clinical social work depends upon staying current with the latest treatment options. That is why ICAPP-CSW has developed and continues to maintain discussion forums that serve as international networks to caring, motivated professionals who strive for the advancement of private practice clinical social work. These forums for communication enable privately-practicing clinical social workers to grow both professionally and personally through the sharing of information, ideas, and experiences.

MEET THE BOARD – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK (ICAPP-CSW)


		Helen H. Krackow – President Helen Hinckley Krackow, LCSW, BCD has served three terms as President of the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc. She is currently the Treasurer of that organization. She served as Treasurer of the Clinical Social Work Federation and the National Coalition of Mental Health Consumers and Providers in the past. She holds a certificate in Hypnotherapy and Hypnoanalysis from the Institute for Research in Hypnosis and a certificate in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis from the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. She is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice in Social Work since 1997. She is in private practice in New York City.

		Janet Faust – President Elect Janet R. Faust, PhD, LCSW is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey. She is the Patient Advocate and an outpatient clinical coordinator for University Behavioral HealthCare, also in Piscataway, New Jersey. She was formerly Assistant Professor of Social Work at Seton Hall University. Her article "Clinical Social Worker as Patient Advocate in a Community Mental Health Center", originally presented at an ICAPP-CSW Conference in Colorado Springs in 2006 has been accepted for publication in the Clinical Social Work Journal.

		Allen A. Du Mont - Treasurer Allen A. Du Mont, LCSW, BCD, is currently Co-Chair of the Social Work Academy in the National Academies of Practice (NAP). He was formerly President-Elect and Finance Chair of the Clinical Social Work Federation and served two terms as President of the New York State Society of Clinical Social Work. Allen completed all but the dissertation for the PhD in Clinical Social Work at the NYU School of Social Work and holds certificates in Object Relations Couples Therapy and Psychoanalytically-Oriented Psychotherapy. He has had over 30 years of experience in both public and private settings serving as Adjunct Professor, administrator, trainer, supervisor and clinician. In 2003 he was elected Distinguished Practitioner in NAP and has been in private practice for over 30 years.

		Clara Weeks-Boutilier - Recording Secretary

		James Donnelly – Membership Chair

		Mary Ellen Nichols – Conference Planning Committee

		Clara Boutilier – By Laws Committee

		Mary Ellen Nichols – By Laws Committee

		Marilyn Paschel – Administrator, ICAPP-CSW

		Jules Levaggi – Historian/Life Member

		Eileen Crosier – Lifetime Honorary Member/Founder

		Audrey Ferber – Lifetime Honorary Member

		Betty Jean Synar – Lifetime Honorary Member

		Martin Schwartz – Immediate Past-President

		Florence Lieberman – Past-President

Members-at-Large

		Henni Fisher – CEU Chair

		George Toth

		William (Bill) Berning – Past Treasurer William Berning, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and has a private psychotherapy practice in Temple, Texas. He has served on the ICAPP-CSW Board since 1988 as Treasurer and Newsletter Editor.

ICAPP-CSW Newsletter

		Dawn Higgins – Publisher, Graphic Design