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Academic and Professional Affiliations
Dr. Sharkey is on the clinical staff of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation's
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Northwestern Feinberg
School of Medicine. As an adjunct faculty member, she has taught graduate
level courses at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration
and Loyola University of Chicago's School of Social Work. She serves on the
board of The Intrapsychic Humanism Society and is a member of the National
Association of Social Workers. Dr. Sharkey has been a Licensed Clinical Social
Worker for over thirteen years.
Academic and Clinical Training
Dr. Sharkey received her masters and doctoral degrees from the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. Her clinical internships were in inpatient and outpatient psychiatry at major urban hospitals working with children, adolescents, adults, and families struggling with a wide range of problems. She has worked with clients to address issues related to depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, adjustment/life transition issues, self-esteem, and relationship issues.
Since 1994, Dr. Sharkey has been on the clinical staff of the Stone Institute
of Psychiatry at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Katherine Wright Center
at Illinois Masonic Hospital, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation where she is currently
a clinical staff member. Dr. Sharkey has been in private practice since 1996,
providing psychotherapy services to adults, adolescents, and couples in the
Chicago area.
During the course of her doctoral training at Loyola University Chicago, Dr. Sharkey
received numerous awards and honors. She was selected by the Doctoral Committee
to be the founding editor-in-chief of one of the first peer-reviewed journals of social
work student scholarship in the country, Praxis: Where Reflection & Practice Meet.
Dr. Sharkey was also awarded the President's Medallion, the University's highest
graduate student honor based on scholarship, service, and leadership. She was
also the recipient of an Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation Fellowship for her dissertation
research on how clients use therapeutic relationships to cope with loss. Dr. Sharkey
was also awarded a doctoral teaching fellowship in the School of Social Work.
Postdoctoral Training in Inner Humanism
Dr. Sharkey is committed to providing the most effective treatment based on the
advances of Inner Humanism. She has been involved in ongoing professional
development and consultation since becoming a licensed clinical social worker
in 1996.
Presentations and Teaching
As an adjunct faculty member, Dr. Sharkey has taught graduate level courses
at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration and Loyola
University of Chicago's School of Social Work. She has presented on the topic
of Intrapsychic Humanism as part of a course offered by the Intrapsychic Humanism
Society. Dr. Sharkey has also presented at local and national conferences on
the topics of trauma and loss, promoting student scholarship in social work
education, and the use of theory in clinical practice.
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