Background
Watkins, Joanne Patricia was born on October 23, 1928 in Key West, Florida, United States. Daughter of Joseph Nielsen and Jennie Mae (Johnson) Watkins.
Watkins, Joanne Patricia was born on October 23, 1928 in Key West, Florida, United States. Daughter of Joseph Nielsen and Jennie Mae (Johnson) Watkins.
Bachelor, Winthrop College, 1950. Master of Social Work, University North Carolina, 1955.
Psychiatric social worker Department Psychiatry Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1954-1955, Department Psychiatry North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1957-1960. Senior clinical social worker Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, 1960-1965. Supervising social worker Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1965-1970.
Director professional services Family Service Association Bucks County, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1970-1980. Social worker, consultant private practice, Southampton, 1980-1984, social worker, Atlanta, 1984-1993. Treatment coordinator, family therapist Centers for Psychiatry & Psychology, Smyrna, 1987-1991.
Senior social worker mental health unit Brunswick (Georgia) General Hospital, 1993-1996, Gateway Mental Health Clinic, Brunswick, 1997-1999. Part time social worker skilled nursing unit Gulf Health Care Center, Galveston, Texas, since 2000.
Board directors Satir Training Institute of Southeast, Chapel Hill, 1990-1992. Member National Association of Social Workers, Pennsylvania Association Social Workers (secretary 1970-1971), Association for Humanistic Psychology, Audubon Society, Sierra Club.