Alyssa Ashenfarb, Lcsw Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

• Provide intensive individual in home therapy for children with serious emotional disturbances and/or trauma histories (trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, attachment, regulation and competence therapy, among others)• Implement intensive family in home therapy, with focus on parent coaching and psychoeducation of trauma reactions• Unify members of interdisciplinary team (doctors, teachers, parents, etc.) and coordinated services in order to provide children with best and most appropriate services possible. • Supervise bachelors level therapeutic trainers and therapeutic mentors

Boston, Ma

Research Coordinator- Psychological Outcomes of Childbirth: An International Survey- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)• Recruit and administer self-report questionnaires using REDCap to women with babies in the NICU with sensitivity and empathy• Maintain collaboration with NICU staff• Organize, analyze and interpret dataResearch Assistant- Incidence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress• Recruit pregnant women in third trimester• Monitor study subjects using Epic and administer self-report questionnaires during third trimester, up to five days postpartum, and 45-65 days postpartum• Organize, analyze and interpret data• Write and edit journal articles submitted for peer review• Review resumes, train new research assistantsResearch Assistant- Psychological Outcomes of Childbirth: An International Survey, 2017• Collaborate with team to clarify lack of bias and strength of data• Write and edit journal articles submitted for peer review• Critically analyze and proof read final product

Brighton, Massachusetts

• Conducted intakes on the Cardiology floor with patients regarding mental status/ability to return home upon discharge• Worked as a case manager by using information from the interdisciplinary team and my own assessments to plan and confirm a safe discharge• Provided crisis intervention, validation, support and a place of safety to patients and families receiving difficult news• Allocated resources to those struggling with substance use, homelessness, and other variable social issues

Roxbury, Ma

• Evaluated and assessed medically fragile children/children with delays using the Battelle Inventory (ages 0-3 years)• Engaged children living in high risk situations (i.e. children with teen mothers, children living in shelters) with grounding exercises and activities to raise self esteem and functioning• Co-facilitated play groups designed to improve cognitive, communicative, social, adaptive and motor skills • Maintained a diplomatic and sensitive attitude while working with children born withdrawing and their mothers

Buffalo, Ny

Developed and executed activities for persons with dementiaFacilitated in the planning of advocacy day, a day dedicated to advocating to raise the budget and dementia awarenessTriaged helpline calls

Wheatley Heights, Ny

I supervised preschool and grade school aged children with cancer and their siblings while working with their variable health conditions

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Social Work

Graduated with honors in May 2016 Masters in Clinical Social Work, concentration in Health and Mental Health

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology And Interdisciplinary Science

Graduated with honors in May 2014 Double major in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Sciences with a concentration in Health and Human.