Professor of Social Work
Year Joined RCNJ: 2015
Contact Information
- Phone: (201) 684-7825
- Email: jmctighe@ramapo.edu
- Office: G-211
Education:
- Ph.D. 鈥� New York University
- M.S.W. 鈥� New York University
- M.Div. 鈥� Washington Theological Union
- B.A. 鈥� Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec)
Courses Offered:
B.S.W. Program:
- Theory and Practice of Social Work I and II
- Human Behavior in the Social Environment I 鈥� Diversity
M.S.W. Program:
- Human Behavior in the Social Environment II 鈥� Life Cycle
- Human Behavior in the Social Environment III 鈥� Psychopathology
- Social Work Theory and Practice in Trauma
Teaching Interests:
- Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- Clinical Practice in Social Work
- Trauma Theory and Practice
- Spirituality in Clinical Practice
听Research Interests:
- Narrative, Object Relations, and Attachment Theories
- Spirituality as a resource in coping and meaning making and its role in clinical social work practice
- Shared traumatic stress
- Treatment of survivors of psychological trauma, particularly trauma sustained in childhood
- Clinical supervision and the development of the professional self of the social worker
- Multicultural and bilingual social work practice
听Publications:
McTighe, J.P. (2015). Narratives of illness, difference, and personhood. In B. Probst (Ed.) Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis. New York: Springer.
McTighe, J.P., Tosone, C., (2015). Narrative and meaning making among social workers in the wake of September 11, 2001. Social Work in Mental Health, Online publication. doi: 10.1080/15332985.2014.977420
Tosone, C.; McTighe, J.P.; Bauwens, J. (2014). Shared traumatic stress among social workers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. British Journal of Social Work, Advanced Access doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bct194
Tosone, C., McTighe, J.P., Bauwens, J.L., Naturale, A. (2011).听 Shared traumatic stress and the long-term impact of 9/11 on Manhattan clinicians.听 Journal of Traumatic Stress. 24(5), 546-552. doi: 10.1002/jts.20686.
McTighe, J.P. (2011).听 Teaching the use of self through the process of clinical supervision.听 Clinical Social Work Journal. 39(3), 301-307. doi: 10.1007/s10615-010-0304-3.
Scholarship In Preparation:
Book:
McTighe, J.P. (in preparation). Narrative Theory and Practice in Clinical Social Work.听 Essential Clinical Social Work Series, Springer. Anticipated publication in October, 2016.
Journal Articles:
McTighe, J.P. (in preparation). Narrative Play and the Reimagining of the Self in the Therapeutic Relationship.
McTighe, J.P. (in preparation). Narrative and Meaning-Making in the Clinical Situation.
Select Juried Conference Presentations:
- Developing the Spiritually Sensitive Practitioner: Addressing Spirituality in the Social Work Classroom – Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO 鈥� October 17, 2015, (Interactive workshop presented with P. Carl-Stannard)
- 鈥淥pening the Lens: Teaching Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis Across Multiple Perspectives鈥� 鈥� Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Denver, CO 鈥� October 16, 2015, (Panel Presentation with B. Probst, H. Robinson, and B. Rasmussen)
- 鈥淣arrative Play and the Reimagining of the Self in the Therapeutic Relationship鈥� – Narrative Matters 2014 (An International Interdisciplinary Conference on Narrative), Paris, France 鈥� June 26, 2014
- 鈥淚n the Long Shadow of 9/11: Narratives of Manhattan Clinicians鈥� Efforts to Make Meaning of a Shared Trauma鈥� 鈥� International Conference on Narrative, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 鈥� April 8, 2011
Professional Service:
Member 鈥� Editorial Board of Clinical Social Work Journal
Consulting Reviewer 鈥� Clinical Social Work Journal
Consulting Editor 鈥� Journal of Social Work Education
Consulting Reviewer 鈥� Sage Publications
Languages:
Fluent in French and Spanish