Monmouth University - Helen O Brien

McAllan Hall

Room 316

Telephone: 732-571-3543

E-mail: swdept@monmouth.edu

Office Hours

Monday through Friday

8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Helen O'Brien, ACSW, PhD

Assistant Professor

E-mail: hobrien@monmouth.edu

Office: MH-309

Helen O’Brien received her master’s degree in social work (M.S.W.) from Columbia University (1989) and her Ph.D. (2006) from New York University. Her doctoral work was on the intergenerational transmission of parenting styles amongst Irish immigrant mothers.

Dr. O’Brien received training in Family Therapy from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. O’Brien’s clinical practice from 1989-2000 was primarily in: HIV/AIDS, out-patient psychodynamic therapy with children and families, and adult in-patient psychiatry.

More recently Dr. O’Brien practiced as a psychotherapist at a university counseling center. Dr O’Brien’s areas of interest and research are: HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, Child Maltreatment, and Parenting Styles.