Melody Clemons-Smith

LCSW, CASAC, New York State Forensic SW
Accepting Clients

I am a licensed psychotherapist with experience helping Clients overcome everyday struggles and challenges.

Clinical Social Worker in Baldwin, NY

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Child
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group
  • Medication Management

About My Clients

I am licensed in New York with 7 years of professional clinical social work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, & anger management. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process. I

My Background and Approach

Melody Clemons-Smith is licensed in New York and has several years of professional clinical social work experience. She has helped clients in the areas of stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, abuse, and anger management. She believes you are the expert of your story and you have many strengths that can assist you in overcoming your challenges. She is here to help you.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I am a non-judgemental therapist who believes in all lives matter. I have extensive experience working with children, couples, individuals, and families who have faced homelessness at some point in their lives.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Anger Management Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Other Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Anger Management Therapy
  • Attachment Theory
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Biofeedback
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Collaborative Couple Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Expressive Art Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Harm Reduction Therapy
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
  • Intervention
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodrama
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Relational Therapy
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Integrative Therapy
  • Discernment Counseling
  • Trauma Therapy
  • NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM)
  • Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT)
  • Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Philosophical Counseling

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Abuse Anger Issues Burnout
Other Issues
  • Addiction
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Aging Concerns
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Bipolar
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Cancer
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Issues
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Immigration/Acculturation
  • Infertility
  • Insomnia
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Learning Disorders
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Medication Management
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Physical Disability
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychosis and Schizophrenia
  • Racial Identity
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Problems
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy
  • Teen Issues
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Veterans/Military Service
  • Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Medicare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • Oxford Health Plan
  • United Healthcare
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Multifaith

At A Glance

  • Experience: 10 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $65 - 150/session

Info

Email Melody
2280 Grand Avenue
Baldwin, NY 11510-3203

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