College of Social Work

		Joanna Bettmann joanna.bettmann@socwk.utah.edu Specialties: Family therapy, clinical social work.
Dr. Bettmann moved to Utah in 1994 to work with a wilderness therapy program for youth-at-risk. Born and raised in Boston, she now considers Utah home and is particularly fond of the deserts and wilderness in southern Utah. She has held clinical positions for over 10 years in wilderness and residential programs for adolescents, and also worked in a child psychiatric hospital and a community mental health center. Dr. Bettmann recently graduated from Smith College School of Social Work, where she received advanced training in psychodynamic clinical social work. She is currently researching attachment issues in a range of populations, and is investigating wilderness therapy programs and social work education evaluation. She has very much enjoyed her first few months at the College of Social Work and looks forward to meeting everyone in the College community!
Publications:
Journal Articles - Bettmann, J.E. (2007). Changes in adolescent attachment relationships as a response to wilderness treatment. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 55(1), 259-265. Bettmann, J.E. (2006). Auspicious experience in social work: The development of one psychodynamic practitioner. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 76(4), 21-33. Bettmann, J.E. (2006). Using attachment theory to understand the treatment of depression in adulthood. Clinical Social Work Journal, 34(4), 531-542. Faddis, T.J., & Bettmann, J.E. (2006). Reflecting team and other innovative family therapy techniques, adapted for outdoor behavioral mental health settings. Journal of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, 1(1), 57-69. Book Reviews - Bettmann, J.E. (2005). Book review: Gender as soft assembly, Adrienne Harris. Clinical Social Work Journal, 33(4), 489-492. Bettmann, J.E. (2004). Book review: Evolution, Gender and Rape, Cheryl Brown Travis, Editor. Psychiatric Services, 55 (3), 324-325.