Clinical skills develop after years of practice and training. Clinical social workers, for instance, get their clinical license after a minimum of 2,000 hours of supervised therapy; a minimum of 3 years of post Master's education of supervised experience in diagnosis, psychotherapy and assessment-based treatment planning; and clinical examination of theory, ethics, and professional practices. 

After obtaining the clinical license to practice psychotherapy —independently of the degree originally obtained, (MSW, MHC, PsyD, MD, etc), most psychotherapists go on getting a specialization through post-graduate programs and trainings on several modalities, to enhance and relate to the specialization.

At NY Counseling Services, our clinicians have attained specializations on:

• Treatment of Trauma disorders,

• Sex Therapy, and

• Neurotherapy. 

To better deliver and serve a myriad of emotional problems that relate to trauma, sexual issues, or dysregulation of the nervous system with all its manifestations, we apply the methodology of:

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• Ericksonian Hypnosis

• Accelerated Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

• Gestalt Therapy

• Mindfulness and Awarefulness

• Narrative Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Non-Violent Communication (NVC)

• Neurofeedback and Biofeedback

• Entrainment (brainwave synchronization)

• Neuroscience-Based Psychotherapy