Amy Groessl, PhD

FAC Chair

Education

  • PhD, Institute for Clinical Social Work – Chicago, IL

  • Certificate in Genealogical Research, Boston University – Boston, MA

  • MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago – Chicago, IL

  • BSSW, Loyola University Chicago – Chicago, IL

Courses Taught

  • CL 612: Perspectives on Trauma and Neuropsychology

  • RM 801: Research Methods III

  • RM 802: Research Methods IV

Other Faculty Roles

Consulting

Advisory Committee, Joseph Palombo Center for Neuroscience and Psychoanalytic Social Work

Contact

EMAIL: agroessl@icsw.edu

PHONE: (773) 991-3655

Dr. Amy Groessl currently provides psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and consultation in a private practice in Chicago. She was director of the therapy program at Children’s Research Triangle (CRT) for 11 years providing direct services and managing local and federal funding grants, which included a seven-year project with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Besides her clinical work, Dr. Groessl trains locally and nationally on topics about individuals who have experienced pre- and post-natal trauma, attachment, neuroscience, and adoption related topics.

AREAS OF INTEREST & APPROACHES TO PRACTICE

Psychodynamic; Children & Adolescents, Trauma, Neuroscience, Executive Functioning, Qualitative Research, and Adoption-related Issues.

LICENSES

LCSW, Illinois

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

  • Children’s Research Triangle, Board of Directors

  • The Neuropsychoanalysis Association (NPSA)

  • American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW)

  • National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

  • Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition (ICTC)

Dissertation: The Experiences of Parents Who Unknowingly Adopt a Child With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (2018)