Kathleen Monahan
Kathleen Monahan, DSW, LCSW, LMFT, received her MSc in Social Work from Columbia University, New York in 1982 and her doctorate from Adelphi University, New York in 1994. In 1994–1996, Dr. Monahan was a post-doctoral fellow in the Psychology Department, Stony Brook University, New York, in a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) program, studying the effects of family violence. She is an associate professor in the School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University. Dr. Monahan is also in private practice specializing in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), sexual violence, and trauma. Her research focus includes acquired brain injury as a result of IPV, sexual violence, and the use of humor with traumatized populations. Dr. Monahan also writes works of fiction and memoir. Her most recent work is the article “Nile” published in Awakenings.