Melanie Chung Sherman, LCSW

Biography

Melanie Chung Sherman, D.S.W., LCSW-S, CEDS, is a clinical social worker and Behavioral Health Executive Council Board-approved clinical supervisor. Dr. Chung Sherman joined the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2022. Before joining UT Southwestern, Dr. Chung Sherman’s background included private and public mental health and social services in various roles, including direct practice, clinical leadership, research, and program development, serving communities impacted by complex mental health needs since 1999. She founded and owned a private practice specializing in transracial adoption, complex neurodevelopmental trauma, mood disorders, and life span dynamics. Dr. Chung Sherman was a regional clinical manager for a national eating disorder treatment center.

Dr. Chung Sherman received her Master of Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2004. In 2023, she received her Doctor of Social Work from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (UA), as the first Asian-Pacific Islander to complete UA's D.S.W. program. She was awarded UA’s Writing to Advance Social Work and Social Justice Award in 2023. She was elected the Region 3 Representative for the National Association of Social Workers’ Texas Board of Directors from 2019 to 2022. She completed her Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) certification and training in 2024 through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP). She trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy under Mary Main, Ph.D., and Erik Hesse, Ph.D., at the University of California at Berkeley’s Adult Attachment Interview Institute.

Her specialties include complex neurodevelopmental trauma, women/femme mental health, QTBIPOC+ mental health, eating disorders, body image, treatment-resistant depression, clinical supervision, and attachment dynamics. Dr. Chung Sherman has advanced training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative therapy (NT), and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and utilizes a person-centered approach.

Dr. Chung Sherman is an adjunct professor for the Tulane University and UA Schools of Social Work. She teaches undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral-level social work, including Emotional Trauma and Social Work, Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Child and Family Welfare, Clinical Supervision and Ethics, Introduction to Social Work, and MSW Field/Practicum.

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