LCSW-R

My social work career has afforded me many opportunities to grow professionally. I have worked with hundreds of families in many capacities when I was a school social worker. I have guided and advised parents of children from ages 0-21 as to when and how to assess, evaluate and possibly obtain special services for their children. My expertise has been in developmental delays, learning and physical disabilities.
Very often I have worked with children, adolescents and families that faced lifelong challenges.
I became an administrator while working in the latter capacity and I have supervised many professionals from various disciplines including but not limited to speech therapists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, physical therapists and school nurses. My responsibilities brought me many professional accomplishments and much personal pride.
My clinical skills were honed during the period that I have highlighted and I have become a more effective, efficient and culturally competent professional.

As a clinical social worker at Long Island Counseling I have been further challenged while working with clients with various acute and chronic problems. I am well versed with respect to personality disorders, depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, bereavement and many other conditions and/or issues that have the capacity untreated to erode life’s pleasures and interfere with life’s daily functioning.

I always try to personalize and individualize treatment interventions for my clients. I am flexible and realistic and therefore I remain committed to employ an eclectic or blended approach to treatment borrowing from such modalities as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Mindfulness, Attachment Therapy, Family System Therapy, just to name a few. I am a lifelong learner and an avid reader. I remain committed to increasing my knowledge base by staying up to date on Evidence Based (Peer Reviewed) methods of treatment and current research.

My goal is to increase, refine and strengthen the relationship between the client and the therapist so that together can we can make collaborative decisions and take actions that will have the best possible outcomes. My work with clients is always humanistic, solution focused and strength based.