Assistant Professor
Yeshiva University
Lisa A. Henshaw, PhD, LCSW, is an Assistant Professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, where she oversees the MSW Program Certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice and the trauma course sequence. She earned her MSW and PhD at Adelphi University and has over a decade of experience teaching graduate social work in the New York Metropolitan area. Dr. Henshaw has also practiced in outpatient mental health and substance use settings, serving as both an administrative and clinical supervisor.
Her training includes co-occurring disorders, motivational interviewing, prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and bereavement counseling. Dr. Henshaw’s research focuses on trauma and complex trauma, emphasizing culturally responsive, trauma-informed social work, education, groupwork, and the impact of adverse childhood experiences on marginalized populations.
In 2020, Dr. Henshaw founded Wurzweiler’s Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, where she remains an active member. She also serves on the Council on Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity for the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE). Her current research examines Master’s students’ experiences with shared and secondary traumatic stress during field placements amid the COVID-19 pandemic, employing a trauma-informed lens that considers students’ intersectional identities.
Dr. Henshaw is dedicated to dismantling oppression and integrating trauma-informed, anti-oppressive perspectives into her teaching. She continues to inspire the next generation of social workers while maintaining a small private practice in New York.
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