Karen Grieger, LCSW
Title: Adjunct Professor
Programs/Classes Taught: I teach in both the graduate and undergraduate departments - courses have included Principles/Dynamics of Interviewing, Principles of Family Intervention, Crisis Intervention, Special Needs Populations, Theory/Practice of Counseling Children and Adolescents, Multicultural Counseling, Introduction to Group Counseling and Co-teaching Clinical Techniques of Counseling and Fundamentals of Counseling
Areas of Expertise: Counseling/Intervention with children and adolescents, Crisis intervention, School counseling, At-risk youth, Restorative justice practices in schools
Biography: Karen Grieger is a School Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has been teaching at National Louis University since 2004. Karen is currently a School Social Worker at Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn and has worked in the Public School system for 16 years. Prior to her school experience, she worked in Crisis Mental Health Services with chronically mentally ill and dually diagnosed clients in Proviso Township for 15 years. She is married with two grown children.
Education:
- MSW - Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago
- BA - University of Buffalo
Certifications:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Illinois Certified School Social Worker
Research and Interests: Restorative justice practices in schools, Autism spectrum disorders, Impact of childhood trauma
Contact Information:
- Email - karen.grieger@nl.edu
- Phone - 630.664.9194
