Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic Social Work in the Time of COVID-19

Carol Tosone, PhD, LCSW
, is Professor and Director of the DSW Program in Clinical Social Work at New York University Silver School of Social Work, recipient of the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award and Medal, and a Distinguished Scholar in Social Work in the National Academies of Practice in Washington, D.C. Dr. Tosone also served as a Fulbright Scholar at Hanoi University of Education in Vietnam, and as a Distinguished Visiting Lydia Rappaport Professor at Smith College in Massachusetts. Dr. Tosone received her certification in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy from the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, where she was the recipient of the Postgraduate Memorial Award. She is editor-in-chief of the Clinical Social Work Journal, Editor for the Essential Clinical Social Work book series, co-editor of four books, author of numerous professional articles and book chapters, and executive producer of community service and educational media. Dr. Tosone is in private practice in New York City. Her area of research is shared trauma and she has studied Manhattan clinicians post 9/11, New Orleans clinicians post Hurricane Katrina, and most recently, completed a study on the long-term impact of the Troubles on clinicians living and working in Northern Ireland. She has lectured or served as a consultant on shared trauma in Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Southern Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.