Karen Daiter, PhD, is a psychotherapist & educator working in private practice with children, adolescents and adults.  She is on faculty at the Institute for Clinical Social Work and also a clinical consultant for The Juvenile Protection Agency and L’Arche-Chicago.   She is a prior Head of School for City Elementary and has also worked in other school setting. Her interests include diverse learners, mind/body integration and the integration of psych-dynamic and developmental issues.  She is interested in how systems work.

AREAS OF INTEREST & APPROACHES TO PRACTICE

Approach: Psychodynamic psychotherapy from a Relational perspective.

Populations: Children, Adolescents, Adults and Couples

Areas of Specialization: Individual psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults; Couples therapy with a focus on parent and/or marital issues.  Interests include diverse learners, trauma, attachment disorders, developmental issues, and psychiatric disorders

EDUCATION

• BA, Beloit College

• MA, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration

• M.Ed. – Concordia University of Chicago

• PhD, Institute for Clinical Social Work

COURSES TAUGHT AT ICSW

• Cl 511 & 512: First Year Case Conference 1 & 2

• Clinical consultant

AWARDS & HONORS

• Edith Abbott Award Recipient, University of Chicago, SSA graduate student award for clinical and academic excellence

• Distinguished Service Award. Institute for Clinical Social Work, 2016

Dissertation: The experience of competent, never married, over forty adults (2010)

CONTACT:

180 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 2200, Chicago, IL 60601

EMAIL: kdaiter@icsw.edu

PHONE: 312-332 7595