Lupita Martinez-Goller, LCSW-S
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Worden School Building, Room 14
210-528-6735
lmgoller@ollusa.edu
Areas of Expertise
Clinical social work in areas of behavioral/mental health, integrative healthcare, individuals, groups and families, immigration, and LGBTQ+, women’s issues, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD), self-harm and self-injury, Borderline Personality Disorder, and adult children of alcoholics.
Teaching Philosophy
As a social work educator, I believe that I am training students to be my future professional
colleagues. For me, this entails the inclusion of real-world practice experience to
the classroom by offering examples of cases and situations that contextualize the
skills and concepts being covered in a course. I incorporate experiential learning,
cooperative learning, projects, themes, and individual work that engage and activate
students’ learning with the aim of providing concrete, usable skills and tools to
that will translate to their workplace settings.
Every student brings gifts and talents to the classroom and I see it as my role to
not only encourage student to utilize these skills but to incorporate them into their
practice as a parallel to the work they will be doing with their clients as professional
social work practitioners. By doing this in an explicit, intentional manner, I hope
to provide students the opportunity and framework to continuously develop their self-awareness
that results in culturally competent, ethical social work practice.
Outside Interests
Travel and art.
Memberships and Certifications
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker- Texas
- Board Approved Clinical Supervisor- Texas
Education
- Master of Social Work - Cultural Competence, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Bachelor of Arts - Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio