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Dianne Golden Clinical Associate Professor, Field Education M.S.W. University of Southern California, 1990 B.A. Tufts University, 1987 dbgolden@usc.edu |
| DIANNE GOLDEN joined the USC clinical field faculty in 2007. A licensed clinical social worker, Golden brings more than 17 years of experience within Los Angeles and Orange County, including several years as a field instructor. Much like her current post, Golden has a background in teaching and supervising graduate and post-graduate level social workers. She was a director for Pacific Clinics' children's programs in Orange County and eventually became the director of the master's level social work and marriage and family therapy training programs.
Golden expanded her practical social work experience as a clinical supervisor and consultant to Orange County organizations Human Options and the Rancho Santiago Community College District, Child Development Services Division. Additionally, she was a foster parent recruiter and trainer for the non-profit agency The Sycamores, where she oversaw the adoption and foster family-based treatment program. Golden's foster care expertise stemmed from her six-and-a-half years as director of foster care for the Children's Bureau of Southern California. Areas of interest include children, youth and families and the subsequent ramifications of family violence, substance abuse, mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders within the family; treating families within an inter-generational setting; using messages of restoration and hope for persons with mental illness and early onset bipolar disease and Asperger's Syndrome. |
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