Teresa Gil, PhD, has a master’s degree is in Professional Studies in Humanistic Education, and her second is in Clinical Social Work. She also has a Ph.D. in Social Work from the State University of New York at Albany. She is the author of 'Women with Histories of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation'.
Teresa Gil, PhD, has a master’s degree is in Professional Studies in Humanistic Education, and her second is in Clinical Social Work. She also has a Ph.D. in Social Work from the State University of New York at Albany. She is the author of 'Women with Histories of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Mothering, Resilience, and Protecting the Next Generation'.
For over twenty-five years, Teresa has been a psychotherapist, professor, and trainer. She has a private practice working with women, children, and families dealing with addictions and recovery from child abuse and trauma. She is a full professor at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York, where she teaches General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Child Psychology, and Psychology of Women. Her courses emphasize biological, psychological, and sociological factors that shape human growth and development. She has also taught on the graduate level.
Teresa works as a trainer and consultant in human service settings and has developed and facilitated more than two dozen workshops and clinical trainings on pertinent clinical and therapeutic issues. Her child welfare workshops are designed to provide child welfare staff with the knowledge and skills necessary to help assess and respond to families in crisis, including techniques for engaging families in a working relationship and skills for intervening effectively with clients. Teresa has facilitated large group workshops on communication, parenting skills, and family relations.