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Susan Mankita, LCSW

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14120 SW 72nd Avenue Miami, FL 33158 305-773-1496 e-mail: Susanlcsw@aol.com or HOST WPLC SocWk@aol.com

Susan Manita, know online as SusanLCSW, a.k.a. HOST WPLC SocWk, is a licensed clinical social worker, practicing in Miami, Florida. She is a Ph.D. candidate studying social workers on the Internet. Since 1995, Susan has worked to mobilize a community of social work professionals, through the empowering collegial networks available via the Internet. Susan developed and leads the Social Work Forum in America Online. Under her leadership, the Forum has grown from a small set of bulletin boards to a full and rich community of social workers, including a 2400+ personal mailing list, multiple weekly chats and a staff of community leaders committed to enhancing the Internet experience for social workers. She is currently a consultant with All Care, Inc. and eTherapy.com for whom she has developed a professional training guidebook for eTherapists. Susan enjoys nothing more than to present professionally and has done so all over the United States, on topics including: "Professional Empowerment," "Powerful Communication Skills," "Developing Professional Identity," and "CyberOpportunities," Internet workshops. Susan wrote, directed and co-edited a video called, "Social Worker's Health Care's Hidden Heroes." She is past-President of her local Barry University School of Social Work, her articles have appeared in multiple local, state and National publications. Interviews with Susan appear in two books about the Internet and human services.