Leyla Ismayilova teaches the Clinical Case Evaluation course at CUSSW and is a doctoral student with a concentration in advanced clinical practice. She received her Master's Degree in Social Work from CUSSW in 2002 and was among the first Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation fellows from former Soviet Union at CUSSW. She received her Bachelor and Master's degrees in psychology from Baku State University (Baku, Azerbaijan).
Upon graduation from CUSSW Master's Program, she returned to Azerbaijan and established the Center for Psychological Counseling. The Center was the first mental health clinic in the country that provided counseling services to adults, children, and families with various emotional and behavioral problems. Her work experience also includes clinical practice at the substance abuse recovery clinic and a child and family mental health clinic in New York City and a UNESCO's cross-national study on socio-cultural approach to HIV prevention and treatment in South Caucasus.
She is interested in international social work, particularly in developing and adapting psychosocial treatment services for children and women in Muslim communities with a history of violence and abuse in order to address mental health consequences of traumatic experiences. Currently she serves as a Clinician and Researcher in a substance abuse study at the Women Research Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Last updated December 03, 2007.
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