Amanda Massa (she/her/hers)

LMSW
Accepting Clients

Welcome! It's so important for me to help you create impactful change in your life. Whenever you're ready, let's navigate this together.

Licensed Master of Social Work in New York

Services
  • Individual
  • Adolescent/Teen

About My Clients

In life there are so many questions that are unanswered, or you might feel the need to figure out. Whether its to find a career you’re passionate about, establish steady relationships or develop new hobbies, this uncertainty creates a lot of stress in life. Because of this, you may be struggling with self-doubt, or constantly comparing yourself to others to see how you match up. I want to offer you a safe space where we can tackle these things together and implement life-altering tools.

My Background and Approach

I've had the privilege of working with people with a wide variety of anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, low self-esteem, and interpersonal problems. I also specialize in body image, disordered eating relative to guilt and shame associated with food, and eating disorders. I particularly enjoy helping people with perfectionism, excessive worrying, low self-esteem, and obsessive compulsive disorder. I also love to work with adolescents, young adults, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. My approach is collaborative and focused on providing you with skills to give you relief from daily stressors. It's important that you are receiving what you want from therapy, and to have you gain the confidence in implementing these skills for the remainder of your life. This is your treatment, I want you to take the lead and I will be committed to supporting you and giving you effective tools to integrate along the way.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I am a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and always love to work with people within my community. I'm a big advocate for participating in community outreach that focuses on fostering connection within the LGBTQIA+ community. I also participate in volunteer work for local animal shelters because of my love for animals and helping to find their forever homes.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Other Techniques
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Family Systems
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Nonviolent Communication
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT)

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Anxiety Depression Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Other Issues
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anger Issues
  • Attachment
  • Body Image Issues
  • Codependency
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Men's Issues
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy
  • Teen Issues
  • Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 5 years of practice
  • Languages: English

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