Staff Profiles

Nanci L. Ginty, Lead Residential Crisis Clinician
Nanci comes to Side By Side with ten years of experience providing clinical services to children, adolescents, adults and families in a variety of settings in the human service field. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Boston College and a Master's of Social Work with a specialty certificate in family therapy from Boston University School of Social Work. Early in her career, Nanci worked with adolescents with mental health issues, spending several years as a counselor and supervisor in a family-based residential program. She has also worked in the mental health department of a women's prison providing individual and group therapy and crisis intervention to incarcerated women with psychiatric disabilities. Currently, Nanci holds the position of Outreach Family Clinician, providing home-based family therapy as well as clinical services to at-risk teenagers in a local high school. She has also acted as a consultant on several projects on behalf of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and the Department of Social Services to help improve the quality of services offered to children and young adults in residential programs.

In addition to direct clinical work, Nanci is active with the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, where she currently serves in her elected position as co-chair of the Nominating Committee. She is also a board member of the Boston University School of Social Work Alumni Association.