Chris McLaughlin

LCSW, M.S.W., University of MaineChris McLaughlin, Adjunct Faculty

Chris  is the Associate Vice President of Community and Pediatric Services at Northern Light Acadia Hospital in Bangor, Maine. A lifelong resident of Maine, he obtained both his BA in Psychology (1996) and his MSW (2001) from the University of Maine in Orono. Chris has spent the last 20 years providing behavioral health services to youth and families across a variety of clinical settings including treatment foster care, residential treatment facilities, public schools, private practice, and community-based case management programs. Chris is an adjunct faculty member at both the University of Maine in Orono and Husson University in Bangor and is the Clinical Consultant for the Bangor YMCA. He serves on the Maine Board of Social Work Licensing and is a member of both the NASW and the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care (SSWLHC), where he is the current Maine Chapter President.  He is a graduate of the Disney Institute leadership program and the Daniel Hanley Health Leadership Development (HLD) program. Locally, Chris was recognized in 2019 for his advocacy work with LGBTQ+ youth and was named Health Care Social Worker of the Year in 2019 by the Maine Hospital Association and the Maine Chapter of the SSWLHC. Nationally, he was the SSWLHC’s 2019 recipient of the Eleanor Clark Award for Innovative Programs in Patient Care for his work on youth suicide prevention.  Chris enjoys his time with students and the University and is proud to be the 2020 University of Maine School of Social Work’s Alumni of the Year.