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鈥檚 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鈥� 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