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David Melnick, LCSW, LICSW


David Melnick, LCSW, LICSW, is a Fellow at The ChildTrauma Academy and Director of Outpatient Services at NFI in Vermont, a statewide mental health agency primarily serving children, adolescents and families. For the past 30 years, Dave has worked in a variety of settings including outpatient, residential treatment, and public and day treatment schools. His work at the Family Center focuses on family therapy and trauma-recovery work, serving clients of all ages. In addition to direct clinical work, Family Center staff also provide in-service training and evaluative and consultative services around the state. Along with his focus on developmental trauma, Dave has expertise in family therapy, adolescence and attachment. He is trained in EMDR, DDP (Dr. Hughe’s attachment model), and a variety of family systems models. In 2015, he completed The ChildTrauma Academy Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) Training Certification Phase II/TTT Program and has been an active NMT Trainer since. Currently, his work focuses on providing trauma evaluations for individual youth, conducting in-service trainings, and consulting with child welfare, mental health and educational professionals. Dave and the Family Center staff are currently refining their Trauma-informed Schools Program; over 75 public and day treatment schools have participated in some form of training to improve educational practices for youth exposed to trauma.