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Terry B Northcut, PhD

Doctoral Program Director

Professor, Lucian and Carol Welch Matusak Endowed Professor

Dr. Terry B. Northcut teaches in the MSW and PhD programs on social work pedagogy, religion and spirituality in clinical social work, and bridging psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapy.  Dr. Northcut has also taught at the University of Tennessee, University of Southern California, Smith College, and Gondar University in Ethiopia. She has published extensively in teaching, religion, and spirituality, integrating psychodynamic and CBT, and social work in Ethiopia. Dr. Northcut will serve as the Faculty Facilitator for the ºÚÁÏÃÅGraduate School Teaching Effectiveness Seminar 2024-2025 overseeing the mentoring of new instructors. She also serves as the coordinator of the Supervision Training and Education Program (STEP) in collaboration with the Social Work Practice Fellows Program (SWPF) at Adelphi University. In addition, she is collaborating with interdisciplinary colleagues to better prepare nontraditional PhD applicants to apply for and succeed in doctoral education through the Pathways to PhD program.  A critical component of this programming is incorporating culturally aware mentoring training for faculty to better mentor diverse students.  Dr. Northcut continues to practice, supervise, and consult as a licensed clinical social worker in Chicago as well as Coordinate the Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy in the SSW.

Research Interests

• Doctoral Education
• Mentoring and Supervision
• Integration of Psychodynamic Theory and CBT practices
• Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy
• Mental Health in Ethiopia
• Development of Clinical Social Workers in the United States and Ethiopia
• Teaching in Clinical Social Work

Courses Taught