I am a clinical social worker specializing in trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approaches to management and systems change work. I am passionate about helping social service leaders develop skills supporting individual and collective liberation. Check out how folks describe working with me, and previous organizational clients.
I have led trainings and professional development activities since 2009 in a range of grassroots, educational, and nonprofit settings. From 2015-2018, I directed a staff training institute for an interdisciplinary criminal justice agency in New York City. In this role I led the professional development initiatives for a staff of over 500, and directed 150 hours of trainings annually.
Previously, I directed clinical programs in court-based, social service, and foster care settings. I was an adjunct professor at New York University in the graduate social work department from 2012-2015, teaching on social justice and criminal justice topics. I also launched the RISE: Social Work to End Oppression collective, a group of radical social workers that provided social justice education in the NYC-area from 2009-2013.
I completed my undergraduate studies at Naropa University in Contemplative Psychology and received my MSW from the Silver School of Social Work at NYU, with a focus on Clinical Policy/Practice. I completed advanced training in clinical supervision through Smith College. I have received multiple awards for my work integrating social justice values into social service work, including being honored as an emerging social work leader by the National Association of Social Workers New York City Chapter in 2014. I am a licensed clinical social worker in the state of New York.
I have led trainings and professional development activities since 2009 in a range of grassroots, educational, and nonprofit settings. From 2015-2018, I directed a staff training institute for an interdisciplinary criminal justice agency in New York City. In this role I led the professional development initiatives for a staff of over 500, and directed 150 hours of trainings annually.
Previously, I directed clinical programs in court-based, social service, and foster care settings. I was an adjunct professor at New York University in the graduate social work department from 2012-2015, teaching on social justice and criminal justice topics. I also launched the RISE: Social Work to End Oppression collective, a group of radical social workers that provided social justice education in the NYC-area from 2009-2013.
I completed my undergraduate studies at Naropa University in Contemplative Psychology and received my MSW from the Silver School of Social Work at NYU, with a focus on Clinical Policy/Practice. I completed advanced training in clinical supervision through Smith College. I have received multiple awards for my work integrating social justice values into social service work, including being honored as an emerging social work leader by the National Association of Social Workers New York City Chapter in 2014. I am a licensed clinical social worker in the state of New York.
Selected Qualifications
Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York (#082942)
SIFI Certified, Field Instructor for Master of Social Work Students
Graduate of the Smith College Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision
Graduate of the New York Peace Institute 40-Hour Mediation Training Program
Graduate of the Lineage Project Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Program
Completed Race Forward's Racial Justice Leadership Institute
Completed the People's Institute Undoing Racism
Completed Stone Circles' Train the Trainer: Facilitating Practices of Social Change
Completed Stone Circles' Deeper Practices of Transformative Social Change
Completed Training for Social Action Trainers through Training for Change
Completed Somatics for White Racial Justice Organizers (Introductory and Advanced series)
Learn more about my professional history on LinkedIn
SIFI Certified, Field Instructor for Master of Social Work Students
Graduate of the Smith College Advanced Certificate in Clinical Supervision
Graduate of the New York Peace Institute 40-Hour Mediation Training Program
Graduate of the Lineage Project Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Program
Completed Race Forward's Racial Justice Leadership Institute
Completed the People's Institute Undoing Racism
Completed Stone Circles' Train the Trainer: Facilitating Practices of Social Change
Completed Stone Circles' Deeper Practices of Transformative Social Change
Completed Training for Social Action Trainers through Training for Change
Completed Somatics for White Racial Justice Organizers (Introductory and Advanced series)
Learn more about my professional history on LinkedIn
Business Certifications
Kate Barrow, LLC is certified as a woman-owned business by the NYC Small Business Services, MWCERT2021-747
Barrow & Obasaju Consulting is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers, SW-0551.
Barrow & Obasaju Consulting is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers, SW-0551.
