FREDERICK MARSCHNER
LCSW-R
"The variety of employment opportunities that I have been fortunate enough to obtain have given me a wealth of knowledge and experience to draw from which I use to assist my clients in achieving their goals."
I am a licensed Clinical Social worker (LCSW-R) with over 26 years of mental health and addictions counseling experience obtained through working with individuals, couples, families and groups in a variety of inpatient, residential, and outpatient settings.
Although I have been known to help people and be a great listener pretty much my whole life, my professional career began in 1997 when I completed my Masters Degree in Social Work from the University at Buffalo. I also hold a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology, Bachelors in Music Performance (Classical Guitar) and Associates in Applied Science (Music).
My exposure to trained counseling began with volunteer work through Crisis Services of Erie County in the early 1990s. I was trained as a phone counselor and volunteered in the phone counseling program for several years. I also volunteered for several years at Buffalo General’s MICAID program in which I was involved with a research project and started sitting in and eventually co-facilitating groups. My internships were completed through Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers residential program and at Monsignor Carr Institute.
Having completed my degrees, I moved to Rochester to take a job as a manger of a house in an addictions residential program. The house I managed was considered a special needs house in which people would also have various co-occurring illnesses such as mental illness, personality disorders, and physical health issues to include cancer and HIV. After spending the better part of a year in this position, I wanted to have more formal counseling experience. I searched and found a position working for Unity Health System as a Chemical Dependency Counselor at Park Ridge Chemical Dependency and Per Diem as a Psychiatric Assignment Officer in the St. Mary’s Psychiatric Emergency Department.
My career as a Clinical Social Worker has had many twists and turns. I had gained a fondness for Buffalo while attending school at the University at Buffalo. Through my various employment opportunities, I worked my way back to this great city. After leaving Park Ridge, I have had outstanding opportunities to work for the Office of Mental Health inside the Attica Correctional Facility, as a Social Work supervisor for the Designated AIDS center for Western New York at Erie County Medical Center, Per Diem as a therapist for Child and Family Services, and full and part time for Monsignor Carr Institute providing mental health and substance abuse counseling. my most recent full time experience has come from employment at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center where I worked as a Psychiatric Social Worker on the Inpatient Admissions Unit. March 2022 Marked 12 years of private practice for me. 2020 marked 20 years for me as a Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). I retired my CASAC in December, 2020 and have been awarded a Counselor Emeritus Status through the NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services.
Although I have been known to help people and be a great listener pretty much my whole life, my professional career began in 1997 when I completed my Masters Degree in Social Work from the University at Buffalo. I also hold a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology, Bachelors in Music Performance (Classical Guitar) and Associates in Applied Science (Music).
My exposure to trained counseling began with volunteer work through Crisis Services of Erie County in the early 1990s. I was trained as a phone counselor and volunteered in the phone counseling program for several years. I also volunteered for several years at Buffalo General’s MICAID program in which I was involved with a research project and started sitting in and eventually co-facilitating groups. My internships were completed through Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers residential program and at Monsignor Carr Institute.
Having completed my degrees, I moved to Rochester to take a job as a manger of a house in an addictions residential program. The house I managed was considered a special needs house in which people would also have various co-occurring illnesses such as mental illness, personality disorders, and physical health issues to include cancer and HIV. After spending the better part of a year in this position, I wanted to have more formal counseling experience. I searched and found a position working for Unity Health System as a Chemical Dependency Counselor at Park Ridge Chemical Dependency and Per Diem as a Psychiatric Assignment Officer in the St. Mary’s Psychiatric Emergency Department.
My career as a Clinical Social Worker has had many twists and turns. I had gained a fondness for Buffalo while attending school at the University at Buffalo. Through my various employment opportunities, I worked my way back to this great city. After leaving Park Ridge, I have had outstanding opportunities to work for the Office of Mental Health inside the Attica Correctional Facility, as a Social Work supervisor for the Designated AIDS center for Western New York at Erie County Medical Center, Per Diem as a therapist for Child and Family Services, and full and part time for Monsignor Carr Institute providing mental health and substance abuse counseling. my most recent full time experience has come from employment at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center where I worked as a Psychiatric Social Worker on the Inpatient Admissions Unit. March 2022 Marked 12 years of private practice for me. 2020 marked 20 years for me as a Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC). I retired my CASAC in December, 2020 and have been awarded a Counselor Emeritus Status through the NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services.
