Professional Profile of John C. Flanagan, L.C.S.W.

John Flanagan is a tall, slender and kindly sixty-three-year-old man who has been in practice for thirty-five years. In spite of his longevity he has a youthful, open and dynamic spirit. He has a warm, personable and present style and a high comfort level with a broad diversity of people. He is able to confront his client's issues in a way that is both supportive and thought provoking.

He received his Master of Social Work degree from Portland State University in 1969. Since that time he has worked in a wide variety of settings including, early in his career, a family service agency with a broad-spectrum caseload, giving him some of his initial experiences in working with children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly, and with individuals, couples, groups, and families. The bulk of his career has been spent in doing therapy with adolescents, adults, couples and groups. He also worked from 1979 to 1988 in medical social work in hospitals and home health agencies doing hospice counseling and care management. He has been in full time private practice since 1988. He has taken an appalling number of continuing education courses in a wide variety of subjects.

He currently specializes primarily in working with adults who experienced traumatic abuse or neglect as children. In addition to individual and couples therapy, he also leads therapy groups for people dealing with these special issues. Although this is his area of focus, he is experienced and capable in helping with a large variety of other mental health and relationship issues.

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