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Eric Ornstein, LCSW

Clinical Assistant Professor 
MA, University of Chicago 
School of Social Service Administration
BSW, Cornell University
College of Human Ecology

E-mail erico@ uic.edu
Phone: (312) 996-3136 
Room 4123, EPASW 

Eric Ornstein

Professional Interests 

  • Application of psychodynamic relational theories to social work practice
  • Field instruction and supervision
  • Suicide assessment
  • Grief and bereavement
  • Attachment theory
  • Mental health issues
  • Crisis intervention
  • School social work

 

Teaching

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Fieldwork
  • Field Instruction Workshops

Practice Experience

  • Eight years as a Clinical Social Worker in family service agency providing casework services to individuals, couples and families 
  • Four years as a Social Work Supervisor on an inpatient psychiatric unit in a university teaching hospital
  • Four years as a contract therapist and retained provider in family service agency and behavioral health organization
  • Six years as leader and facilitator of clinical social work study groups
  • Private practice of social work supervision and consultation

Selected Recent Publications

Ornstein, E. D. & Moses, H. (In Press). Goodness of fit: A relational approach to field instruction Journal of Teaching in Social Work.

Ganzer, C., & Ornstein, E. D. (In Press). In and out of enactment: A relational perspective on the short and long term treatment of substance abuse. Clinical Social Work Journal.

Ornstein, E. D., & Ganzer, C. (2005). Relational social work: A model for the future . Families In Society , 84, 565-572.

Ganzer, C., & Ornstein E. D. (2004). Regression, self-disclosure and the teach or treat dilemma: Implications of a relational approach for social work supervision. Clinical Social Work Journal, 32, 431-449.

Ornstein, E. D., & Ganzer, C. (2003). Dialectical constructivism in clinical social work: An exploration of Irwin Hoffman's approach to treatment. Clinical Social Work Journal, 31, 355-569.

Ganzer, C., & Ornstein, E. D. (2002). A sea of trouble: A relational approach to the culturally sensitive treatment of a severely disturbed client. Clinical Social Work Journal , 30, 127-144.

Ornstein, E. D., & Moses, H. (2002). In search of a secure base: Attachment theory and school social work. School Social Work Journal , 26, 1-13.

Affiliations, Associations, & Consultations 

  • NASW
  • ACSW
  • Illinois Society for Clinical Social Work, Vice President, Chair, Education Committee

Editorial Reviews

Clinical Social Work Journal - Reviewer