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.
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.
Frank is an adjunct professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work. Students voted him Most Outstanding Lecturer in 2024. Teaching is the central through-line of his professional work. It shapes how he trains clinicians, supervises staff, advises institutions and communicates complex material to public audiences.
He completed a Master’s in Public Affairs and Politics in 2015. He delivers trainings and keynote presentations around the country.
Frank consults for treatment programs, labor unions, municipalities, universities and Law Enforcement agencies. 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. He serves on the Advisory Board of Triple C, a nonprofit housing organization.
Frank has extensive experience training police officers, corrections staff, clinicians and supervisors. His focus areas include addiction, trauma-informed care, suicide and community mental health.
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 and clinical supervision programs.
His approach to supervision emphasizes diagnostic rigor. It prioritizes ethical documentation and sound clinical judgment under uncertainty. He places particular emphasis on developing independent professional voice.
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. 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 and relationship stress. He deployed to Poland in 2019. He served as the lone behavioral health officer for an armored cavalry unit.
His play, A Failure of Indoctrination, examines military culture, institutional failure and mental health. His work with service members emphasizes moral injury and institutional trust. 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 and institutional failure for professional and public audiences.
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.