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

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)

		James Donnelly – President & Membership Chair In addition to his private practice of psychotherapy, James Donnelly, DSW, LCSW, DPNAP has held clinical, supervisory and administrative social work positions in both medical and mental health at the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn/Interfaith Medial Center, Goldwater Memorial Hospital and Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center in New York City. He was elected Distinguished Practitioner to the National Academies in Social Work in 2006. He is the author of Love and Knowledge: The quest for personal meaning, a book about psychotherapy and the art of living, Soundings: Explorations of social work in a changing health care environment, and Ramifications: A social work exploration of therapeutic space, published by South Garden Press. James Donnelly lives with his wife in New York City where he maintains his practice of psychotherapy.

		Allen A. Du Mont - Treasurer & Past President Allen A. Du Mont, LCSW, BCD, DPNAP, FNAP is currently Vice President of the National Academies of Practice and formerly Chair of its Social Work Academy.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 private practice for over 30 years, he was elected Distinguished Practitioner to the NAP in 2003 and in recognition of his contributions and support was made Fellow of the NAP in 2010.

		Helen H. Krackow – Past President Helen Hinckley Krackow, LCSW, BCD, DPNAP, 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 – 2013 Conference Chair & Board Member Janet R. Faust, PhD, LCSW, DPNAP, 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, was published in the September 2008 edition of the Clinical Social Work Journal. She was elected Distinguished Practitioner to the National Academies of Practice in Social Work in 2010.

		Clara Weeks-Boutilier - Recording Secretary & Board Member Clara Weeks-Boutilier, LICSW, ACSW, BCD, has been in private practice in North Dartmouth, MA for 15 years. Prior to this she served as Assistant Director at Catholic Social Services of Fall River, Inc. and as Social Work Supervisor at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, MA. She has been a Field Instructor for the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and the Providence College Department of Social Work. In addition to her MSW, Clara holds a certificate from Simmons College in Administration in the Social Services Field. Her Board Memberships have included the Samaritans of Fall River/New Bedford, Inc.; the Interchurch Council of Greater New Bedford; Institutional Review Board, Charlton Hospital; and Nominating Committee, MA Chapter, NASW.


		Marilyn Paschel – Administrator, ICAPP-CSW

		Jules Levaggi – Historian / Life Member and Member at Large

		Audrey Ferber – Archivist & Lifetime Honorary Member Audrey Ferber, MSW, RSW, Clinical Social Worker has long held the role of ICAPP Archivist. Audrey began her private practice in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in March 1975 and since 2006 has been seriously semi-retired, seeing clients on Tuesdays when not traveling. Audrey first came onto the Board of ICAPP in 1980 and had the honour of being President in 1983-1986, and 1999-2001. As Archivist she has ICAPP proceedings dating back to the 6th Annual Conference, Board Minutes dating back to 1980, records of the College of Fellows, and also of the Certificate Program ICAPP offered in the 1980’s. In addition the Archives contain many pictures of ICAPPers at Conferences over the years

		Florence Lieberman – Past-President & Member at Large

		Henni Fisher – CEU Chair Henni Fisher, LCSW, BCD, is Executive Director of the Alzheimer's and Aging Resource Center of Brooklyn, Inc. She has a Masters Degree from Hunter College School of Social Work and is a graduate of the Geriatric Education Center of Hunter Brookdale Center on Aging. She specializes in Alzheimer's Disease providing counseling to individuals and families, and leads caregiver support groups, as well as support groups for those with early stage Alzheimer's and related disorders. This includes assisting with communication and coping skills for all family members as well as helping elderly couples, individuals and their adult children solve problems with health care, home care, nursing home placement, protection of assets, Medicaid, etc., cutting through bureaucratic tape and ensuring they are provided with essential community resources and linkages. Ms. Fisher is a highly trained psychotherapist in practice since 1975 with an individual and group practice. She is experienced training professionals and paraprofessionals to provide social work services and clinical matters. Ms. Fisher is an advocate for better health care. She was a Congressional Representative to the White House Conference on Aging for Senator Schumer of NY. She meets with legislators locally and in Albany, and Washington, DC to lobby in support of the interests of the community and the population she serves. She is a member of NYC Community Board 15.

ICAPP-CSW Newsletter

		Harriet W. Meek - Editor Harriet W. Meek trained at Smith College School for Social Work (MSW ’67; PhD ’86), did two years of postdoctoral psychotherapy training at the Tavistock Clinic in London and later completed the didactic training in psychoanalysis with the Division 39 institute in Chicago. She has worked as a clinician for 40 years mostly in mental health settings and private practice with individual adults, also having experience working in family and children’s programs, schools and medical settings. She has lived and worked in Indiana, New Mexico, rural Maine, England and Chicago. Currently she is teaching on a part time basis at Walden University, working part time on the Psychiatry Consultation and Liaison unit at University of New Mexico Hospitals and has a small private practice.