Anne Gearity, Ph.D., LICSW

Clinical Social Worker & Consultant

Anne Gearity is a clinical social worker in independent practice, as well as a consultant to community programs and adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work.  Anne is also the principal consultant for Washburn Center for Children's day treatment program in Minneapolis, MN, where she has developed a treatment intervention model for young children at serious risk due to trauma and attachment disruption. Anne has been involved with infant mental health initiatives since the 1970’s and recently received a Ph.D. in Clinical Social Work from the Institute for Clinical Social work in Chicago.

Washburn Center for Children recently published Developmental Repair: A Training Manual by Anne Gearity. This manual describes "An Intensive Treatment Model for Working with Young Children Who Have Experienced Complex Trauma and Present with Aggressive and Disruptive Symptoms."