Shana Salzberg, LMSW
Psychotherapist
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Finding the right therapist for you can be vulnerable and challenging. I hope to work with you collaboratively to help you figure out whether we could be a good fit. I’m a queer, transgender, Jewish, NY-based therapist offering individual counseling via Telehealth. I believe that my clients are the experts in their own lives and my role is to empower them with skills to regulate emotions and get deeper in touch with the wisdom of the body.
I have a profound commitment to helping my clients work through trauma and build lives that they are excited about. As a therapist, I work collaboratively with clients using somatic and evidence-based approaches such as DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), MI (Motivational Interviewing), Parts Work, and Polyvagal Theory.
I deeply value working within an anti-oppression based framework. In addition to working with clients who identify as TGNC and/or queer, I specialize in working with folks who struggle with anxiety and depression and who are in recovery from substance use. I use a collaborative, individualized approach that honors your unique recovery goals.
Training
Experience
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Degrees and Credentials
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New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LMSW)
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Master of Social Work, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, NY, NY
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Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Brown University, Providence, RI
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Post-Graduate Trainings
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (2021)
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (2022, Psychwire--Linehan)
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Person Centered Care and Harm Reduction, Partnership to End Addiction (2022)
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Motivational Interviewing (2023)
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Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI), Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, (2023)
In addition to Magnolia Psychotherapy, I work as a therapist at the LGBTQ Center’s Youth Substance Use Treatment Program in New York City, providing individual and group counseling to a wide range of young people struggling with anxiety, depression, substance use, and Complex PTSD.
Through my social work training, I facilitated mindfulness groups with older adults living at the YWCA in Brooklyn and provided therapeutic interventions around interpersonal family dynamics and childhood trauma. I also worked at a high school in Brooklyn, where I updated individual educational plans and provided individual and group counseling.
Before obtaining my MSW, I worked with young people in foster care to find employment and to build community. I am trained in crisis intervention, case management, and psychoeducational group facilitation.
I have community organizing experience working on racial and transgender justice campaigns. I trained leaders from various organizations in outreach strategy, direct action, security and de-escalation. Working on both the micro and macro levels are vital to my therapeutic approach in building a more just world.
Interested in joining our team?
We would love to hear from you.