Carita I. Gehlhausen, M.A., L.C.S.W
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Psychiatry

Office Phone: (217) 545-3935
Clinical Appointments: (217) 545-8229






Education and training:

• University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, 1969,
  M.A. in German and English
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1974,
  M.A. in German and English Literature
• Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, 1981,
  M.A. in Child Family and Community Services
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1997,
  M.S.W. in the mental health specialization

Licensure:

• April, 1999: Clinical Social Work

Teaching Interests:

• Clinical practice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Clinical Interests:

• All aspects of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• General adult psychotherapy (individual and group)
• Psychotherapy with persons who have a dual diagnosis of mental
  retardation and mental illness
• Psychotherapy with individuals who have a diagnosis of severe and
  persistent mental illness
• Posttraumatic stress disorder
• Community education about developmental disabilities and mental illness