Kathleen Flinton, LICSW

Ms. Flinton is a Clinical Social Worker at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights where she provides therapy to survivors of torture and related trauma and writes psychological evaluations in support of asylum claims. She holds a BA in religion from Vassar College, an MA in religion and feminist studies from Yale Divinity School, and an MSW from Simmons School of Social Work. Kathleen trained at the Home for Little Wanderers Family Stabilization Team and at the Center for Violence Prevention and Recovery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She has worked as a social worker in the Emergency Department and the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and at the International Survivors Center at the International Institute of Boston. Kathleen has received postgraduate training in EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and maternal mental health. She is also an adjunct Instructor at Boston University School of Social Work.