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Dana Risteska

(she/her)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Accepts

Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Oscar (Optum), Oxford (Optum), and United Healthcare (Optum)

Specializes in

Anxiety, Depression, Stress, and Trauma

Great to meet you!

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist, my passion lies with helping you live your best life. My training as a solution-focused psychotherapist allows me to honor your inner strength and resilience as we work together to navigate life's twists and turns.

I have a special passion for providing psychotherapy to those who work in healthcare professions. I have extensive experience in working with healthcare providers and have specialized in treating burnout, moral injury, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.

A bit about my approach to therapy

I specialize in helping people improve their lives by utilizing their own inherent strengths. In our sessions, I am curious and compassionate but I am also oriented towards helping my clients achieve their goals. To that end, you can expect me to be kind, but direct as we travel along your healing journey together.

What you can expect from our first session

If being a therapist was a recipe, the main ingredients in my "signature dish" would be empathy, warmth, curiosity with a side of humor. I deeply honor the privilege of being a psychotherapist. Holding sacred space for my clients' stories while helping them to heal is my passion. I want clients to finish every session feeling that they have moved further along on their healing journey.


Dana's style is

Humorous
Solution-oriented
Warm

Insurance carriers Dana accepts

Aetna
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Cigna
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey
Oscar
Oxford
United Healthcare

More about Dana

MSW (Master of Social Work) at Rutgers University College, New Brunswick
License type: LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) (New Jersey)
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Languages: English
Works with: Adults
More specialties: Family Issues, Grief, Loss, Relationship Issues, Women's Issues, PTSD, and Chronic Conditions
Modalities: Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Gottman Method / Gottman Couples, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Critical Incident Stress Debrief (CISD), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Strength-Based, Trauma Focused CBT, Relational, and Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Location

101 Mountain Court #101b
Hackettstown, NJ 07840