AUDREY ZWICK, LCSW
New York,NY
Summary
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (082372) in New York State, with background in mental health services. Adept at delivering high-quality therapeutic interventions across the lifespan. Strong skills in crisis management, therapeutic communication, and patient advocacy.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Behavioral Health Clinician
Family Health Centers, NYU Langone
10.2020 - Current
- Serve as primary psychotherapist to forty children, adolescents, and adults
- Assess and treat a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including mood, psychotic, and personality disorders
- Maintain up-to-date documentation in accordance with Office of Mental Health standards
- Engage in crisis intervention, coordinating care with an interdisciplinary team
- Engage in weekly supervision and participate in interdisciplinary team meetings
Psychotherapist
Private Practice
04.2015 - Current
- Assesses and treats around twelve child, adolescent, and adult patients in a private practice setting
- Provides ongoing parent guidance sessions and dyadic sessions for children ages three and up
- Engages with teachers and other service providers in order to collect collateral information
- Facilitates referrals to specialists, including psychiatrists, occupational therapists, neuropsychologists, and early intervention
Fee-for-service Psychotherapist
Hudson Guild Counseling Center
12.2017 - 12.2018
- Provided weekly psychotherapy to a caseload of sixteen patients, predominantly adults
- Collaborated with other service providers, including psychiatrists, foster care agencies, case managers, and clinical supervisors
- Engaged with local schools and school staff
Clinical Social Worker, Child Outpatient Psychiatry
Child, Adolescent, and Family Services, Mount Sinai Hospital Center
06.2013 - 11.2017
- Served as a staff clinical social worker and psychotherapist to thirty children and teens in a hospital-based outpatient clinic
- Participated in the development of an integrated clinic through pediatrics, serving children ages four and up
- Engaged in diagnostic interviewing of patients and their families
- Provided individual, group, and family psychotherapy
- Participated in the Mount Sinai Adolescent DBT team, focusing on the treatment of suicidal teenagers
- Supervised bachelor and master level social work students in child and adolescent therapy
- Coordinated referrals and care alongside pediatricians, psychiatrists, and neurologists
Research Therapist, Child Outpatient Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Hospital
06.2013 - 06.2014
- Functioned as a therapist for the research project 'Todos A Bordo,' a psychoeducational manualized treatment for Latino families presenting with poor treatment compliance
- Administered treatment to randomly selected Spanish-speaking families
Staff Psychotherapist, Mental Health Division
Andrus Children’s Center
06.2011 - 06.2013
- Functioned as an outpatient and school-based psychotherapist
- Provided individual, group, and family therapy sessions
- Co-led a parent-toddler dyadic group for Spanish-speaking parents and their children
- Integrated psychotherapy services in an adult GED program and public-school setting
- Participated in Trauma-Informed Therapy trainings, including Trauma-Focused CBT and the Sanctuary Model
Social Work Intern, Child Clinic
Postgraduate Center for Mental Health
09.2010 - 05.2011
- Conducted weekly diagnostic interviews for new child therapy referrals in both English and Spanish
- Met weekly with assigned training cases
- Participated in regular child therapy and play therapy supervision
- Conducted regular collateral sessions with guardians
Social Work Intern, Adult Behavioral Health, Outpatient Clinic
Elmhurst Hospital Center
09.2009 - 05.2010
- Provided individual psychotherapy to six Spanish-speaking adult patients per week
- Participated in weekly interdisciplinary case conferences
- Conducted psychiatric diagnostic assessments on a weekly basis
- Engaged in weekly individual and group supervisions
- Received in-service trainings on an array of topics pertinent to social work intervention, including mandated reporter training and crisis management
Family Assistant/Mental Health Assistant, Family Services
East Harlem Bilingual Head Start, 7th Avenue Center for Family Services
07.2008 - 07.2009
- Managed a caseload of thirty children and their families and carried out home visits for each family
- Conducted intake interviews with incoming families and created family development plans
- Coordinated, validated, and assessed mental health referrals under supervision of the Mental Health Consultant
- Organized the Annual Community Forum, hosting over fifty community-based organizations in East Harlem
Research Assistant, Departments of Developmental Psychology and Human Development
Cornell University
06.2006 - 08.2008
- Assisted faculty and graduate students in studying the effects of poverty on parent-child interactions
- Collaborated with other research assistants in creating a coding scheme and employed surveys to collect data
Day Care and Psychology Intern
The Children’s Village
06.2007 - 08.2007
- Shadowed social workers and psychologists treating at-risk adolescents
- Collaborated with other interns to develop a music curriculum for The Little Village Day Care
- Integrated and taught music curriculum as a key focus of the preschool’s daily activities
- Partook in interdisciplinary case presentation meetings with psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists
Education
Candidate in the Adult and Child Psychoanalysis Program -
Institute of The Contemporary Freudian Society
New York, NYAnni Bergman Parent-Infant Program
New York, NYChild and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program -
William Alanson White Institute
New York, NY05.2018
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) intensive training -
Behavioral Tech LLC
01.2015
Master of Social Work -
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
New York, NY05.2011
Bachelor of Science - Human Development
Cornell University, Human Ecology
Ithaca, NY05.2008
Skills
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
- SIFI certified
Affiliations
- Association for Child Psychoanalysis
- International Psychoanalytical Studies Organization
- National Association of Social Workers
Research
- Research Therapist, Child Outpatient Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 06/01/13-06/01/14, Functioned as a therapist for the research project 'Todos A Bordo.'
- Research Assistant, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Summer 2006-Summer 2008, Assisted faculty and graduate students in studying the effects of poverty on parent-child interactions.
Teaching Experience
Course Instructor William Alanson White Institute Fall/Winter 2018
Taught course entitled “Cultivating Connections: Therapy with Difficult to Reach Teens.”
Presented at Child Psychotherapy Colloquium “A Fragile God Complex: The Treatment of an Adolescent Girl with Borderline and Narcissistic Features.”
Substitute Lecturer Columbia School of Social Work, New York, NY April 2015
Taught a class on integrating creative art interventions into child social work practice for master level social work students.
Timeline
Behavioral Health Clinician
Family Health Centers, NYU Langone
10.2020 - Current
Fee-for-service Psychotherapist
Hudson Guild Counseling Center
12.2017 - 12.2018
Psychotherapist
Private Practice
04.2015 - Current
Clinical Social Worker, Child Outpatient Psychiatry
Child, Adolescent, and Family Services, Mount Sinai Hospital Center
06.2013 - 11.2017
Research Therapist, Child Outpatient Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Hospital
06.2013 - 06.2014
Staff Psychotherapist, Mental Health Division
Andrus Children’s Center
06.2011 - 06.2013
Social Work Intern, Child Clinic
Postgraduate Center for Mental Health
09.2010 - 05.2011
Social Work Intern, Adult Behavioral Health, Outpatient Clinic
Elmhurst Hospital Center
09.2009 - 05.2010
Family Assistant/Mental Health Assistant, Family Services
East Harlem Bilingual Head Start, 7th Avenue Center for Family Services
07.2008 - 07.2009
Day Care and Psychology Intern
The Children’s Village
06.2007 - 08.2007
Research Assistant, Departments of Developmental Psychology and Human Development
Cornell University
06.2006 - 08.2008
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program -
William Alanson White Institute
Master of Social Work -
New York University, Silver School of Social Work
Bachelor of Science - Human Development
Cornell University, Human Ecology
Candidate in the Adult and Child Psychoanalysis Program -
Institute of The Contemporary Freudian Society
Anni Bergman Parent-Infant Program
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) intensive training -
Behavioral Tech LLC
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