Lisa Birnbaum (she/her)

LCSW
Accepting Clients

As an integrative therapist of 12+ years I love empowering tech leaders with skills to improve their Mental health.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker in NEW YORK NY, NY

Services
  • Individual

About My Clients

I specialize in working with people who want to work with someone who is driven by kindness + perseverance; guided by compassion, courage, curiosity, + humility; and energized by the power of community, connection, + collective strengths.

My Background and Approach

I am routinely seen as someone who bridges ideas and brings people together, rather than dividing them apart. My ability to hold multiple, non-binary, nuanced truths at once; and my dialectical worldview — sitting in the paradox + holding the tension of opposites — also informs much of my work. This is particularly relevant around the concepts of acceptance + change; and I work effectively at both, the individual-level + the systemic-level. Lastly — and perhaps most importantly — I come to this work from my own, deeply personal, lived experience (as a suicide attempt survivor from 2011 onward) + shared experience (as someone of multiple marginalized identities); and I am especially drawn to opportunities that elevate others who are of marginalized identities.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

My training, professional background, and practice are informed by cultural humility; clinical, organizational, + social psychology; advocacy + social justice organizing; intersectionality + the law; social work at both the systems/macro-level + at the person-in-environment/micro-level; the intersection of mental health within a system + systemic mental health; social determinants of health (SDOH); the mind-body connection; attachment theory; narrative therapy; mutual aid groupwork; dialectical behavior therapy (DBT); liberation health; assertive + nonviolent communication (NVC); best practices for working effectively with trauma + suicidality; the intersection of mental health at work + workplace mental health; mentally healthy + mentally unhealthy startup cultures; and the bidirectional relationship between mental health + tech.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Other Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

Issues I Treat

Specialties
ADHD Therapists Burnout Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Bipolar
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Child Issues
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Infertility
  • Insomnia
  • Learning Disorders
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Psychosis and Schizophrenia
  • Racial Identity
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy
  • Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Out of Network
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 9 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $300/session

Info

Email Lisa
228 PARK AVE S
NEW YORK NY, NY 10003

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