Antoinette Kruse DSW, MSW

She is a Columbia University-trained, Instructor providing online instruction to master’s level graduate students. She is a Field Educator providing quality field experiences to future social workers at the master’s level. She is excited to integrate her diverse clinical, academic, and community - based leadership to bring innovative, new thinking to old places. Her practice is strengthened by the quality of the “therapeutic relationship” using trauma-informed assessments.  She integrates her training in Disaster Mental Health, neuroscience, nutrition, and cultural consciousness with her experiences doing recovery-oriented and health disparities work.

 

Antoinette has experience working with individuals who have serious emotional disturbances resulting from traumatic events like sexual and physical abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking and natural disasters.

She served on numerous community organizations, inter-agency committees and coalitions on issues related to mental health and trauma, infant mortality, homelessness, substance abuse, and disabilities.

 

She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, The Network for Social Work Management, The American Psychological Association, The Lee County Public Health Task Force, and The Healthcare Coalition of Southwest Florida.

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She loves her role as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, as well as friend to many. She is excited about the future, helping to create awareness of the importance of good mental health, and advocating for social change!