The first step is to schedule a consultation session. This is not the beginning of therapy, it is a means for deciding whether this sort of therapeutic structure is a good fit. Consultations of this type have two goals. One goal is to provide me with the basis for offering you my clinical thinking about your situation, a focus for therapy, and how it might be helpful to you. The second goal is to allow you the opportunity to consider whether therapy makes sense for you and whether I am the kind of therapist you would want to work with. You will come away from the consultation with information that addresses both goals.
The best way to contact me initially is by email at: ave.schwartz.licsw@gmail.com. Simply indicate your interest, leave a phone number, and indicate times when you are best available. Please do not include any personal details about your situation.
Alternatively, you may call me at 413-551-7370.
Ave Schwartz, LICSW 