Michael Kaltenbach is a Part-time Lecturer at Rutgers University School of
Social Work in Newark, NJ and an Adjunct Lecturer at Smith College in
Northampton, MA. He has previously taught BSW and MSW level courses in
crisis intervention and brief therapy, clinical assessment & diagnosis
(psychopathology), social work practice with individuals and families, intro. to
social welfare / human services, communication in social work practice, human
behavior and the social environment, and emotional disorders in childhood and
adolescents at Temple University and the University of Southern California.
Kaltenbach has been working in the field of psychology and social work for
the past twenty-five years, and nineteen of those years have been since he
received his master’s degree in Social Work. His doctoral dissertation
research interest focused on how sexual behaviors have changed due to
the usage of PrEP, as a HIV preventive method. His research data as
interpreted through the theoretical / conceptual perspectives of cognitive-
behavioral theory and relational-cultural therapy. Kaltenbach is a Licensed
Clinical Social Worker in California, New York, and Pennsylvania, and has
many years of experience providing psychotherapy, case management,
and other social services in a variety of settings: hospitals, HIV outpatient
clinics, schools, foster care agencies, senior residential facilities, group
homes, outpatient community counseling centers, etc. He has experience
providing Clinical Supervision as well as Field Instruction to MSW level
Social Workers and Interns from USC and UCLA. He formerly served as a
Co-Facilitator for the LA County HIV Mental Health Task Force, and has
provided lectures on various mental health topics. Previously, he was a
Teacher’s Assistant (T.A.) for a professor at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Social Policy & Practice’s MSW level course on Post-colonial
Social Work Practice: International Social Welfare in Kolkata, India. He
enjoys traveling and learning about various cultures. After he obtained his
bachelor’s degree, he served as an US Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal,
West Africa. When Kaltenbach is not teaching, he currently provides
psychotherapy in his private practice office located in Philadelphia, PA. He
also provides psychotherapy on a fee-for-service basis at outpatient
community counseling centers in West and South Philadelphia, and at a
Senior Assisted Living Facility in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY and in
Manhattan, NYC.