Melissa Wacks, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years experience specializing in individuals in the arts and young adults. I spent the majority of my career as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, providing psychotherapy primarily with actors, filmmakers, writers and other visual and performing artists. I work with a wide range of presenting issues, including depression, anxiety, separation/individuation, bereavement, relationship concerns and LGBTQIA concerns, as well as the challenges particular to artists such as performance anxiety, career anxiety and writer's block.
Qualifications: | Smith College School for Social Work |
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Academic Suffixes: | LCSW |
Expertise: | Anxiety, Other, Autism, Depression, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict, Grief, Infertility, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Parenting, Peer Relationships, Racial Identity, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Other, Stress, Substance Use, Trauma and PTSD, Women |