Amanda Frey (she/her)

LCSW
Accepting Clients

Hey! I'm Amanda. I am a social worker in private practice, and I'd love to be your therapist.

Clinical Social Worker in , NY

Services
  • Individual
  • Adolescent/Teen

About My Clients

My specializations and clinical interests include working with my beloved queer community, particularly people of trans experience. I treat people ages 13 and over who are experiencing gender dysphoria, questioning their gender, or are ready to pursue gender confirming medical procedures. I am also poly and kink friendly, experienced, and affirmative. I strive to make my clinical work anti-racist, and I am also sex worker friendly.

My Background and Approach

I earned my Bachelor of Science as a double major in Psychology and Gender and Sexuality Studies from Tulane University. I then went on to earn my MSW from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. I am currently a licensed clinical social worker in the state of New York. I am competent and experienced in treating: -Mood disorders (such as depression and anxiety) -Adjustment issues (such as big life transitions), particularly related to LGBTQ family dynamics -LGBTQ family building -Issues or dysphoria related to sexuality or gender, including support letters for gender confirming medical procedures -Trauma and PTSD -Substance use disorders, with a special focus on co-occuring mental illness

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Feminist Therapy Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Other Techniques
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Attachment Theory
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Eclectic Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Harm Reduction Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Trauma Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists Polyamorous and Open Relationships
Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Bipolar
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Child Issues
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Infertility
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Psychosis and Schizophrenia
  • Racial Identity
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Problems
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy
  • Teen Issues
  • Veterans/Military Service
  • Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Oscar
  • Optum
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • Oxford Health Plan
  • United Healthcare
  • UMR
  • United Healthcare UMR
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Agnosticism
  • Atheism
  • Christianity
  • Wicca/Paganism

At A Glance

  • Experience: 8 years of practice
  • Rate: $150 - 200/session

Info

Email Amanda
26 Court Street
Suite 409
Brooklyn, NY 11242

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