Background
Balcom, Dennis Arthur was born on January 16, 1950 in Margaretville, New York, United States. Son of Francis and Mary Barbara (Bensle) Balcom.
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Dennis Arthur Balcom
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Student, State University of New York, Delhi, 1970-1972; Bachelor in Sociology, Wheeling College, 1974; Master of Social Work, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1978; postgraduate, Rutgers University, 1982.
Career
Child care worker, St. Vincent's Children's Home, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1973-1974;
child care supervisor, St. Vincent's Children's Home, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1975-1977;
social service worker, Northern Panhandel Headstart, Wheeling, 1974-1975;
caseworker, Family Counseling Svc., Brookline, Massachusetts, 1978-1981;
social worker tenn health service, St. John's Hospital, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1981-1983;
director, Channing Associations for Family Life, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1984;
supervisor family therapy, Cambridge Hospital, 1990-1992;
private practice individual, marital and family therapy,, Cambridge, since 1981. Consultant Middlesex Psychological Associations, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 1984-1987. Conductor basic family therapy seminar social work department University Hospital, Boston, 1987-1988.
Clinical instructor psychiatry Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, 1990-1992. Instructor Boston University School Social Work, 1991-1992. Member adjunct faculty Mass.Sch.
Professional Psychology, Boston, 1994. Conference presenter in field.
Achievements
Membership
Telephone counselor Northern Panhandel Crisis Center, 1974-1976. Volunteer Emerge: A Men's Counseling Center on Domestic Violence, Boston, 1980-1983, Vietnam veterans family service project Shriver Center, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1992. Member NASW (registered, diplomate in clinical social work), Academy Certified Social Workers, Employees Assistance Professionals Association, Society for Family Therapy and Research, Council for Exceptional Children.
Connections
Married Donne E. Healey, May 6, 1989. 1 child, Alexander J.H. Vaksnins.
