Frank Greenagel, MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC, ICADC, CASAC, ACSW, CJC, CCS, is a clinical social worker. He specializes in addiction and recovery treatment, grief, suicide, trauma and Veterans’ issues. He is licensed in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

He is the Clinical Director of Tidal Shift, an outpatient treatment program in Somers Point, New Jersey. He also serves as the Consulting Therapist for the New York State Troopers Employee Assistance Program, providing counseling and responding to critical incidents involving officers and their families.

Frank is an adjunct professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work. Students voted him Most Outstanding Lecturer in 2024 and 2026. Teaching is the central cog of his professional work. It shapes how he trains clinicians, supervises staff, advises institutions and communicates complex material to public audiences.

He delivers trainings and keynote presentations around the country to professional, government, educational and community audiences. His presentations draw heavily from his clinical, teaching, military, policy and organizational experience. He completed a Master’s in Public Affairs and Politics in 2015.

Frank has extensive experience counseling and training Law Enforcement officers, corrections staff, clinicians and supervisors. His work with Law Enforcement includes critical-incident response, officer-involved shootings, suicides, fatal accidents, traumatic deaths, substance misuse, PTSD, sleep disruption, relationship and family problems and occupational stress. He also trains clinicians and organizations on working effectively with Law Enforcement professionals and their families.

Frank consults for treatment programs, labor unions, municipalities, universities and Law Enforcement agencies on behavioral health, supervision, staff development, hiring and organizational issues.He serves on the Board of Directors of the Rutgers Alumni Association. He also serves on the Rutgers School of Social Work Alumni Council. He is a member of the New Jersey Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council, appointed by then–Senate President Stephen Sweeney.

In addition to treatment and consultation, Frank conducts high-stakes mental health and substance misuse evaluations. Referral sources include courts, attorneys, employers and institutions. His reports are frequently relied upon in legal, employment and public-safety decisions.

He previously oversaw recovery housing and alumni engagement at Rutgers University. During that period, the program received the NAADAC Organization Achievement Award. He later held senior leadership roles at Prevention Links. His responsibilities included oversight of a recovery high school, clinical supervision programs and intern management and training. He has supervised undergraduate and graduate interns for more than a decade and has extensive experience hiring and developing early-career professionals.

His biggest criticism of the counseling field is the lack of quality supervision. He is generally unhappy with most therapists’ documentation and judgment.

Frank served on the New Jersey Governor’s Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse for more than a decade. He chaired the NJ Heroin & Other Opiates Task Force. His policy work has included recovery high schools, campus recovery programs, Narcan expansion, recovery housing and substance-use legislation. That work occurred during a period of intense political scrutiny, institutional resistance and delayed implementation. He previously served on the Boards of Directors for Hazelden–Betty Ford and NASW–NJ.

Frank served in the United States Army as an enlisted Soldier and later as a commissioned officer. He worked with service members experiencing PTSD, substance misuse, relationship and family problems, occupational stress and suicidal thoughts He deployed to Poland in 2019. He served as the lone behavioral health officer for an armored cavalry unit. Much of his work involved treating Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. In September 2026, he received the New Jersey Meritorious Service Medal for honorable service in the United States Army.

His play, A Failure of Indoctrination, examines military culture, institutional failure and mental health. His work with service members emphasizes moral injury, institutional trust and building for a post-military life. It is not limited to symptom reduction.

Frank studied Shakespeare at the University of Cambridge, he taught English in Japan and he is the author of three books. He writes frequently on addiction, grief, suicide, military service, trauma, artificial intelligence and institutional failure for professional and public audiences.

His recent work on artificial intelligence examines its use in clinical practice, education and professional decision-making, including cognitive offloading, independent judgment, confidentiality and professional responsibility. He maintains a public statement governing his use of AI in writing, teaching and forensic preparation, available here.

Across roles, Frank views teaching as the activity in which he is most fully himself. It is the discipline that most consistently strengthens his clinical, supervisory and policy work.

Frank is an avid traveler. He has visited six continents, more than forty countries, forty-six states and forty-five baseball stadiums. This includes every current Major League Baseball park.

Outside of work, Frank hikes extensively and grows thousands of tulips, daffodils and lilies. He regularly attends plays, reads comics and follows baseball and football closely. He is a devoted Los Angeles Dodgers fan and a long-suffering Minnesota Vikings fan.

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