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Michael LaSala, PhD, LCSW (he/him/his)

Professor/Dean
Simmons School of Social Work
Boston, MA, United States

Michael C. LaSala, PhD, LCSW is Dean at the School of Social Work at Simmons University. Prior to this position, Dean LaSala served as Director of the Doctorate of Social Work at Rutgers University for 7 years where he was also Professor. He has also served on the CSWE task force for the initial DSW Accreditation Standards. Dean LaSala has won several awards for innovation in teaching. He is also a recipient of the American Family Therapy Academy’s 2017 Distinguished Contribution to Social Justice Award. He has been a practicing family therapist and teacher/trainer for over 35 years, and his research and clinical specialties are the couple and family relationships of gay men and lesbians and the role of family influences on the sexual behaviors of gay and bisexual youth. Professor LaSala’s first book entitled: Coming Out, Coming Home (Columbia University Press) describes the findings and practice implications of a National Institute of Mental Health funded qualitative study of 65 gay and lesbian youth and their families. He is also the author of the newly published: Clinical Social Work with Individuals, Families, and Groups: The Power of Healing Relationships (Routledge).

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