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Maureen Riley-Behringer, MSSA
LISW

Maureen Riley-Behringer, MSSA LISW is a clinical
social worker who feels it is important to provide a
warm, supportive and therapeutic environment for her
clients.

CREDENTIALS

* Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), State
   of Ohio 1997
* Licensed Social Worker (LSW), State of Ohio, 1994
* Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA) Case    Western Reserve University, 1994
* Bachelor of Science in Psychology/Biology. Youngstown State    University, 1990

 SPECIALTIES

    Working with adolescents and adults struggling with eating disorders

    * find peace with food, their bodies and themselves putting an end to the unhealthy
      cycles of restricting, binging and purging, yo-yo dieting and obsessing about food
      and body image.

    * by training clients in using innovative techniques to become in touch with their body,
      a natural skill that is oftentimes lost with many years of food and body image issues.

    * by increasing their awareness of the emotional aspects of how food is used as a
      coping skill

  Treating children, adolescent and adult clients who are challenged by

   * depression
   * anxiety
   * reactive attachment disorder/post-adoption counseling
   * general life challenges

  EXPERIENCE

  * Psychotherapist in private practice for the past five years working with individuals
    with eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma and stressful life events.
  * Clinical Professor, Case Western Reserve University in the graduate program
    for clinical social work at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
  * Hospice social worker, Visiting Nurses Association of Cleveland Hospice,
    Cleveland, Ohio. Provided end-of-life care to terminal cancer patients and their
    families for seven years.
  * Clinical Social Worker Intern, Burn Intensive Care Unit at Metro Health Medical
    Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
  * Research Assistant, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Division of
    Neonatology, Cleveland, Ohio for four years.

  SPECIALIZED TRAINING

  * Mediation Training- Community Mediation Services of Central Ohio/Ohio Bar
    Association, Columbus, Ohio.
  * Supportive Therapies for Oncology Patients- Johns Hopkins University , Balti-
    more, Ohio .
  * Cognitive Behavioral Therapy- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland ,
    Ohio. Five months in training.
  * Rational Emotive Therapy- Instructed by Dr. Albert Ellis, Cleveland, Ohio .

  PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

  * Guest Lecturer John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio. Presented “Common Issues Why
    Women Seek Counseling ” “ and “Infertility and Adoption as Women’s Issues”.
  * Get Real, Get Fit Twinsburg, Ohio. Lecturer in a grant funded program through the Met life Foundation
    promoting adolescent health
  * Professional Development Day, Mayfield School District, Mayfield, Ohio. Presented to school district’s
    teachers, counselors, and school psychologists on “Anger Management in Children and Adolescents”.
  * Midwestern Psychological Association’s Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois . Presented “Vulner-
    ability Factors to Alcohol and Substance Abuse”
  * Guest Lecturer, Aurora Co-op School, Aurora, Ohio. Presented “ How to Talk to Children About War”.
  * Quest- Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio. Presented “Vulnerability Factors to Alcohol
    and Substance Abuse”.