Eugene A. Stormer

EXPERIENCE

6/95 to Present    Private Practice in marriage counseling and anger management, 95 to 2001 Consultation and co director with Alternatives to Violence, Inc. which serves men who batter.  Consultant with Hope School, Springfield that deals with severely multiple handicapped children.  Assisted them in beginning community living homes and decreasing the residential population.

6/95 to 6/00       6/95 to 6/00   Consultant with Medical University of South Carolina at PACT Project in Sumter and Two Community Service Boards in South Georgia, Consultant with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - PACT Inc.

2/87 To 6/95      2/87 To 6/95   Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 19230, Springfield, IL 62794.  Director of Community Psychiatry Programs

                                Duties: Supervise nine staff of the Community Support Network in the direct care of seventy severe and persistently mentally ill patients.  Teach residents and medical students the fundamentals of psychiatry.  Major fields of teaching are Community Programs, Ethics of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.  Establishing the program as Medicaid eligible.

1985 to 1987    1985 to 1987  Director of Mental Health Services, Human Service Center, 600 Fayette, Peoria, IL 61603

                                Duties:  Manage the daily operations and program planning of the Mental Health Programs, which included Day Treatment, Community Residences, and out patient programs for mental health and substance abuse.  A staff of 70 and a budget of over $2,000,000

1978 to 1985     1978 to 1985   Director of Chronic care programs, Human Service Center, Peoria

                                Accomplishments:  Developed and maintained the following programs:  wrote the grant and built a HUD apartment program for severely mentally ill; Develop a Senior Citizens day program; Started three residential programs for the mentally ill; and began an assertive case management program (ACT).

1976 to 1978    1976 to 1978  Coordinator of extend care programs, Human Service Center

                                Accomplishments:  Began a Day Treatment Program for the mentally ill and started a half way house

1974 to 1976      1974 to 1976 Outpatient Therapist with Mental Health Clinic of Peoria County, a predecessor of the Human Service Center

                                Duties:  Provided various out patient psychotherapy services for clients between the ages of 3 and 70.

1973 to 1974     1973 to 1974  School Social Worker with Special Education Association of Peoria County

1972 to 1973   Part time social worker with the American Red Cross in Service to Military Families, St. Louis MO

EDUCATION

Master of Social Work, 1973 St. Louis University, St. Louis MO

Master of Religious Education, 1968 St. Mary of the Lake University, Mundelein, IL

Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 1968 St. Mary of the Lake University, Mundelein, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, 1964, St. Mary of the Lake University, Mundelein IL

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Academy of Certified Social Workers since 1977

Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, National Association of Social Workers' Clinical Register since 1986

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, State of Illinois 1989 to present  #149-000855

Social Worker of Year 1993, NASW Springfield District

Social Worker of Year 1993, NASW State of Illinois

Treasurer of Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services

Research Paper and Program Presented, March 1994, Fourth International Conference on Innovations in Community Psychiatry, University of York, UK

Publications

Psychiatric Services Jan 99, Vol 50 No 1: Employment Outcomes in a PACT Model Replication Effort, Robert E. Becker, MD, Neil Meisler, M.S.W., Gene Stormer, M.S.W., Michael J. Brondino, Ph.D. pages 104-106

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Psychological adjustment to long-term neurological disorders such as Schizophrenia, Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, and Multiple Sclerosis

In addition to the above, I am an Episcopal Priest.  I am also a Certified Teacher of Theology in The Education for Ministry Program of University of the South, Tenn.

Home Address:  825 Lorraine Springfield, IL 62704

Home Phone: 217-787-2294  

updated: 4/16/2007