Post date: Jul 31, 2011 7:42:43 AM
Frances S. Waters, LMSW, DCSW, LMFT, a clinical social worker and licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in Marquette, MI., has specialized in the field of child abuse for over 30 years. She is an internationally recognized educator, trainer, consultant, and clinician in the area of childhood trauma and dissociation, and has conducted training programs nationally and internationally in this field, including Europe, Africa, South American, and North America . She conducts forensic evaluations and is an expert witness in child abuse cases.
Ms. Waters served as President of The International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD), and on many committees with ISSD, including Child & Adolescent Committee. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma. She serves on the American Psychological Association-Trauma Division as the liaison representing the National Association of Social workers. She also served on numerous other boards, including the Marquette Dioceses Review Board for Safe and Healthy Children and National Association of Social Workers-Michigan Chapter. She has published four chapters in The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment & Case Management , and several articles on childhood dissociation and forensic evaluation of children. She has produced and participated in a number of training videotapes on abuse, trauma and dissociation of children geared for mental health practitioners, forensic evaluators, prosecutors, parents and teachers.