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Barbara Reese, MSW,
ACSW, LCSW, MPS, ADTR, Clinical Director
Ms. Reese is a N.J. State Licensed
Clinical Social Worker. Her graduate degrees are in Expressive Arts Therapy from
Pratt Institute and in Clinical Social Work from New York University. This
mind-body blend is a core foundation in the treatment orientation to virtually
all of her clinical work.
She is currently the clinical director for the Women’s Therapy Service of
Montclair, LLC, which offers a psychodynamic and feminist therapy approach to
women’s mental and physical health care. She has been treating women’s issues
and eating disorders since 1995 as a clinical social worker in private practice,
with women who are experiencing grief/loss, separation/ divorce, family and
marital relationships struggles. She is an experienced child/adolescent
therapist and sees children at the Women’s Therapy Service at the age of 2 and
older.
Ms. Reese is an experienced group psychotherapist. At
the Women’s Therapy Service of Montclair, she conducts 12-week supportive
therapy groups, The Inner Image Program®. Several of these eating disorder
groups have bonded and stayed together 5-10 years. She worked for several
leading NYC hospitals in the department of psychiatry and developed the skills
of supervising and teaching the art of group psychotherapy. For a decade, she
functioned as a professional group leader and co-coordinator, for the community
eating disorder support groups of the American Anorexia/Bulimia Association of
New Jersey, at the Hackensack Medical Center site.
Currently, she is the Coordinator of the Eating Disorder Support Groups
sponsored by ANAD, a national non-profit eating disorder organization. She
coordinates teams of professional and lay volunteers to facilitate these
community multi-family groups which are held at The Saint Barnabas Ambulatory
Care Center, in Livingston, New Jersey, on the first Saturday morning of the
month.
Prior to 1995, she worked as a dance/movement therapist in private practice in
New York City, treating body image problems through group dance/movement
therapy. In the Manhattan, In the 1980’s, she worked as a Body Image Specialist
in the Outpatient Obesity Program at New York University Medical Center, as a
dance/movement therapist.
Ms. Reese has lectured on the psychology of body image and the treatment and
prevention of eating disorders at national and international conferences. Her
Presentations and Professional Training Seminars on Eating Disorders and Body
Image Problems have included:
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The Professional Skaters
Association – National Convention for Judges & Coaches
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9th Annual International
Eating Disorders Symposium
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American Dance Therapy
Association - International Conference, Toronto
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Montclair State University,
Caldwell College
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National Council on Alcoholism
and Drug Dependence
Ms. Reese is a professional member of:
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The National Association of
Social Workers
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The National Association of
Social Workers, NJ Chapter
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The International Association
of Eating Disorder Professionals
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The National Association of
Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders
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The New Jersey Group
Psychotherapy Association
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The American Dance Therapy
Association
            
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