Judith Mishne, DSW, is a Full Professor at the Shirley M. Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, New York University, where she has been since 1979. The author or editor of numerous books and articles, she has presented at over 100 professional conferences. Dr. Mishne serves as consulting editor on the [i]Journal of Analytic Social Work[/i] and the [i]Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.[/i] She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Bar Ilan University School of Social Work and at the University of Haifa School of Social Work, both in Israel. She also maintains a private practice.