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Tanya Starker

(she/ her/ hers)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
New York

In-network with

Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Anthem EAP - Bank of America, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Optum Medicaid NY, Oscar (Optum), Oxford (Optum), Quest Behavioral Health, United Healthcare (Optum), and United Healthcare Medicare Advantage

Specializes in

Anxiety, Family Issues, PTSD, Trauma, and Women's Issues
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Great to meet you!

Welcome! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (or, LCSW) in New York State with 22 years of experience, and with a Master of Social Work degree from Smith College School for Social Work. I have experience with individual and family therapy delivered within home, community, and office- based settings, as well as telehealth. I also have 15+ years of experience as an adjunct college on- line instructor.

'The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night."

~ Rumi

A bit about my approach to therapy

The therapy room is a place for us to move through challenges and joy together. This is a place for you to be met with compassion, hope, and experience within mental/ emotional health, as well as a setting of non- judgment and healing.

I have experience with Attachment, Self- Regulation, and Competency (a trauma- informed model); mindfulness; strengths- based care; Motivational Interviewing; narrative therapy; CBT; DBT; and play therapy.

What you can expect from our first session

During your first session, we will to get to know one another and explore your goals and hopes for our path ahead!

I work from a trauma- informed, strengths- based, mindful, and person- centered perspective. I hold the belief that life’s stressors can impact the well- being of the whole person, and there are ways to find meaning, overcome, and thrive.

Providing individual and family therapy with teens, college students, and adults currently through telehealth. I really look forward to meeting you!

Tanya's style is

Warm
Solution-oriented
Holistic

Insurance carriers Tanya accepts

Aetna
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Anthem EAP - Bank of America
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Optum Medicaid NY
Oscar
Oxford
Quest Behavioral Health
UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare

More about Tanya

MSW (Master of Social Work) at Smith College
License type: LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) (New York)
Gender: Cisgender Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Languages: English
Works with: Adolescents, Adults, and Seniors
More specialties: Stress, Anger Management, Grief, Loss, and Relationship Issues
Modalities: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Strength-Based, Structural Family, Play, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Relational, Attachment Based, Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Trauma Focused CBT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)