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Lydia McCarthy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, MFA (she, they)
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Brooklyn, NY 11213
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I am a Licensed Master of Social Work, an artist and an educator. I have experience working with people in creative fields, navigating their gender and sexual identities, anxiety, depression, life and career transitions and higher education. I use an integrated, person-centered psychodynamic approach grounded in compassion. This includes using concepts from Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatics, mindfulness and psychoanalysis.
I identify as queer and use a queer lens in my work with clients, with the belief that each individual is the expert of their own experience. I do this by seeking to understand how my clients construct meaning of their world, by recognizing the strengths they already have and by supporting them in developing new insight.
In this process, I highlight and validate how the social environment and systems have impacted a client’s relationship with themselves and others, and to use the therapeutic relationship to break down hierarchies and offer new outcomes.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $250
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Insurance
- Aetna
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Lydia McCarthy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, MFA
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 124347 Lydia McCarthy
- Membership with New York State Society of Clinical Social Work 4965 / 2024
- Degree/Diploma from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MFA / 2011
- Attended SUNY Brockport, MSW, Graduated 2024
Specialties and Expertise
Expertise
- Anxiety
- Bisexual
- Career Counseling
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
I also speak
Swedish
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
I also speak
Swedish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Feminist
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
Location
Nearby Areas
Cities
Neighborhoods
Call for a free consultation now - (718) 737-7103
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Lydia McCarthy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, MFA