About Psychotherapist Diane Spear, LCSW New York, NY
I'm a Manhattan psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker, with a Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work from New York University, and a certificate from the Institute for Developmental Psychotherapy.
I provide individual, relationship, and group therapy for older adolescents through senior citizens with a wide range of emotional and life problems. My interactive, reality-based approach emphasizes forming a trusting relationship to uncover and understand the positive and negative factors from your past that shape your life today.
My style incorporates active and compassionate listening, collaborative exploration, and a ready sense of humor. This style allows people to feel comfortable working in person with me, as well as by phone, so my practice includes people in the tri-state area, as well as throughout the world. I look forward to working with you.
Before starting my full-time private practice, I worked at New York City Employee Assistance Program, providing assessment, referral, and advocacy for voluntary and mandated city employees from forty NYC agencies on issues including chemical dependency, domestic violence, mental and physical illness (including HIV/AIDS), job, bereavement, relationship, retirement, financial, stepfamily, parenting, and eldercare. After 9/11, I consulted with NYC agencies, corporations, and national Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and conducted workshops, ran groups, and met with individuals to help NYC employees deal with the traumatic events. I continue to consult with national EAPs and small businesses to help New York City employees with the issues that interfere with their satisfaction in their professional and personal lives.
