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Major Jose “Joey” Velasquez Jr. is a United States Army Social Work Officer. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and American Board of Clinical Social Work (ABCSW) Certified Diplomate (BCD). Joey has 14 years of active federal service…
Lieutenant Colonel Jean Paul “JP” Hare, LCSW, BCD, PhD, currently serves as Director of Training at the Evans Army Community Hospital in Ft. Carson, CO. He is a board-certified Licensed Clinical Social Worker and interventionist researcher. JP has 14 years…
Molly Platz, LMSW received her Master’s of Science in Social Work from the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Throughout her social work experience, Molly has worked with survivors of domestic…
Lataya Hawkins, LCSW-S, PhD, LCSW, BCD, LTC, MS, is a Lieutenant Colonel, in the U.S. Army. She holds a Master of Social Work from University Houston and a PhD in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin. She…
Army Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Chris Paine, PhD, LCSW, BCD currently serves as the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Central Texas Market Lead, Behavioral Health; Director of Psychological Health at Fort Cavazos, Texas; and Chief of Behavioral Health at Carl R. Darnall…
Hannah O’Brien is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work Masters program. A native of Austin, Texas, she knew she needed to spread her wings in college, traveling all the way to…
Dr. Rosen received her undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and Psychology, both with High Honors, from U.T. Austin. She received her medical degree from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and completed a Psychiatry Residency at Yale School…
Elisa V. Borah, MSW, PhD is a research professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. Elisa conducts research around the development, testing and effective implementation of mental health treatments and social…