Maya Handwerk, LCSW

Maya Handwerk is a licensed social worker with 15 years of direct clinical and advocacy experience across education, legal, and community-based settings in New York. As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she brings focused expertise supporting families and children in crisis, including work with emotionally disturbed children and youth navigating complex home and school situations.

Her practice includes collaboration with psychiatrists to address anxiety disorders, and she uses evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, supportive therapy, client-centered methods, and solution-focused approaches to help clients manage symptoms and develop practical skills. She emphasizes culturally informed care and maintains particular competence working with African American clients and people from the Caribbean Islands, honoring the cultural contexts that shape family dynamics and individual experience.

Maya approaches each case with a combination of clinical training and advocacy experience, aiming to create a respectful therapeutic partnership that addresses stress, trauma, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, mood disorders, and coping with major life changes. She acknowledges and commends anyone taking the first step toward greater emotional health and stands ready to support that journey.