PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release For more information contact: Institute for Clinical Social Work Phone: 312-935-4232 Fax: 312-935-4255 Email: info@icsw.edu Chicago, IL (December 13, 2019) – President Michelle Curtain Stewart announced today that she has named Dr. Joan Servatius as the new Academic Dean at The Institute for Clinical Social Work (ICSW). Servatius will assume the position on February 1, 2020.
Dr. Servatius is a clinical social worker in private practice in Chicago. She provides psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, and couples. Previously, she worked as Volunteer Coordinator, Training Director and interim Executive Director at Rape Victim Advocates. There she learned the incomparable value of community resources and dedicated volunteers. President Stewart stated, “Dr. Servatius has the academic background, commitment to student success, and a passion for psychodynamic graduate studies needed for the position of Academic Dean. I am eager to work with her as we collaborate with the ICSW community to prepare our students to practice in the fields of clinical social work and counseling in diverse communities throughout the world.” Servatius received her Master’s in social service administration at the University of Chicago in 1995 and her PhD in clinical social work at the Institute for Clinical Social Work in 2010. Her post-graduate training and work at the Fillmore Center in community mental health was with children and adults. She benefitted from excellent supervision and consultation and developed a deep appreciation of the developmental aspects of psychotherapy. Dr. Servatius also served as the Student Program Director at the Fillmore Center which began her love of working with students of psychotherapy.
Dr. Servatius stated, “The appointment to Academic Dean at ICSW allows me to bridge my interests in organizational leadership, clinical work, and education. I am excited to work to expand access to high quality psychodynamic graduate studies for clinical and scholarly vocations.” Dr. Servatius is a lifelong Chicagoan and was happy to teach at SSA as a practicum and student liaison for first and second-year social work students there. She has been a member of the ICSW community since 1999, first as student and on faculty since 2010. She has served many roles at ICSW—teacher, consultant, committee member and Practicum Chair. She has considered ICSW her professional home for many years. Please congratulate Dr. Joan Servatius on her new appointment at: jservatius@icsw.edu.