Adoption, Aging, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Family Conflict, Grief, Infertility, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Transitions, Stress
English
Adolescents, Adults, Children, Seniors
Advocacy, Behavioral, Case Management, Coaching, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Contemplative, Crisis Intervention, Dialectical (DBT), Evaluation/Diagnostic, Focusing, Geriatric Consultation, Guardian ad Litem, Holistic, Humanistic, Information and Referral, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Long-Term, Mediation, Meditation/Relaxation, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Outreach, Parent Guidance, Play Therapy, Prevention, Psychodynamic, Psychopharmacology, Relational, Short-Term (Brief Treatment), Social Support, Vocational Counseling/Rehabilitation
Addiction, Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, ADHD, Behavior Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Career Counseling, Child Abuse and Neglect, Developmental Disability, Domestic Violence, Dual Diagnosis, Education/Personal Development, Elder Abuse, Learning Disabilities, Medication Management, Men's Issues, Multicultural Issues, OCD, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Physical Illness/Impairment, Psychoses/Major Mental Illness, Psychosomatic, Sexual Abuse, Spirituality, Suicidal Thoughts, Trauma / PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, Women's Issues
New York
My practice includes individuals and families dealing with a large spectrum of emotional issues - including depression and anxiety - and spanning in age through the '90s. When possible, I make house calls to elderly or infirm clients in my local area. I am warm, encouraging, a strong motivator, and honor each individual's unique characteristics and strengths. Therefore, I tailor my methods to the unique needs of the client, utilizing psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive behavior therapy modes.
My extensive background as a psychiatric social worker has provided me with special skills and life experiences that I bring to my psychotherapy practice. I have worked as a Case Manager in a continuing day treatment program for chronically mentally ill adults; as a Director for after-care services in an adult home; and as a Case Manager for a Protective Services for Adults agency, providing counseling and benefits certification for at-risk elderly clients suffering from chronic or terminal illness.
I have special interests in bereavement therapy, trauma, geriatric issues, life transitions, college student concerns, and adoption/infertility counseling. I am conversant in both Hebrew and Yiddish as supplementary languages.
I am also a Beyond Consequences Institute (BCI) certified instructor and can offer help with parenting issues.
*Please feel free to contact me with any questions*. (I offer free initial phone consultations.) Either contact me by phone or via email. If by email, either I or my assistant will get back to you.
***Evening, daytime and Sunday hours available.***
*Affiliate of St. Vincent's EAP Provider Network and ComPsych EAP*
Office in Briarwood, Queens - near Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Rego Park, Flushing, Hillcrest, Middle Village, Glendale, Kew Gardens Hills