Susan Bliss, Ph.D., LCSW

Professional Education Instructor
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Education

B.A., Franklin and Marshall College 
M.S.W., Smith College School for Social Work
Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work

Biography

Susan Bliss, Ph.D., LCSW, received her B.A. in psychology from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and her M.S.W. and Ph.D. from Smith College School for Social Work. She has worked as a director of counseling of a therapeutic boarding school, supervisor of a child and adolescent social service agency and is currently the student support coordinator for New Canaan Public Schools. Previously, Bliss was an associate professor at Molloy College and taught in the Fordham University/Molloy College Collaborative Social Work Program  She has taught courses in Clinical Practice, Supervision, Research, and Human Behavior in the Social Environment. She has presented nationally, and has published on a range of subjects including clinical practice with juvenile offenders, adolescents who self-harm and people with Borderline Personality Disorder. She is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Social Work Practice, Smith College Studies in Social Work and the Clinical Social Work Journal.