Krissy Ray-Bennett

Assistant Clinical Lecturer of Social Work

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

MSW, Indiana University
BA, Behavioral Sciences, Purdue University

Licensure

Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Kristina earned her bachelors degree from Purdue, MSW from IU, and is in the dissertation phase at Indiana University.  She is dually-licensed as a Clinical Social Worker and School Social Worker. She has 16 years of post-MSW clinical experience in her thriving private practice and the Kokomo Schools. Kristina was the lead clinician at the Children's Bureau and she worked as a child and family therapist at Midtown Mental Health. Kristina was the field coordinator at Bridges Outreach the Chair of the Title 5 Board at Sycamore Elementary for several years. She is a doctoral candidate currently working on her own theoretical framework that uses her neuro prefrontal cortext assessment tool to better understand the impact of trauma on empathy-related neural connections.  She was the project manager on a $5.7 million grant that trained second-year MSW practicum students. The MSW trainees worked with 17,000+ underserved K–12 youth.