Geetha Gopalan, LCSW, PhD

Geetha Gopalan is an associate professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York. Her research focuses on increasing the ability of families impacted by poverty to access and engage in evidence-based practices that enhance children’s mental health and family functioning. Her direct clinical practice experience, spanning over ten years in children’s mental health and child welfare services, drives this scholarship toward a heavy emphasis on prioritizing the needs and interests of consumers (e.g., caregivers, youth), as well as designing and evaluating interventions that can easily engage families and be implemented in low-resource, “real-world” contexts.