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Sally Rousseau Named New Director of Strong Minds
Friday, November 1, 2024
Sally Rousseau, LCSW, LMFT will be rejoining the Department of Psychiatry as the new Director of Strong Minds, which includes our General Ambulatory clinic, the Deaf Wellness Center, the Gender Patient Support: Health and Wellness program, and the Adult Ambulatory Access programs.
Sally is rejoining the Department of Psychiatry as she spent a good portion of her 36-year career with joint appointments in Family Medicine and Psychiatry. For the past 6½ years, Sally has been the Director of Social Work for Highland Hospital overseeing a team that covers 261 acute care beds. She brings an incredible array of experiences in healthcare and specifically behavioral health to this role, including but not limited to direct clinical, grant and research coordination and management, clinical and administrative supervision, management and director of large clinical programs and/or groups. Most of her experiences have been within the URMC system and Family Medicine. Among her experiences outside of the system, Sally was the director of Rochester Regional Health’s Evelyn Brandon Community Mental Health which is a large multi-program site similar to Strong Minds.
Sally obtained her bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Geneseo. She then completed her master’s in social work at Syracuse University. In addition to being dually licensed in social work and marriage & family therapy, Sally has certification/extensive training in process improvement supervision methods as well evidence-based practices. She has co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles, numerous presentations at health system rounds and seminars, and taught courses at St. John Fisher University, the Nazareth/Brockport Collaborative MSW Program and the University of Rochester. Please join us in welcoming Sally Rousseau back to the Department of Psychiatry and to this critical role for our adult ambulatory services.