Wendy Chaite Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Metro Psychotherapy and Counseling is an insurance-based practice that provides psychotherapy to children, adults, and couples. Whether you need help dealing with anxiety, depression, couple/family conflict, college/career counseling, parenting, aging, elderly parents, and/or substance use challenges, or the like -- Wendy provides genuine and non-judgmental support. She has a particular interest in supporting clients/family members dealing with chronic, life threatening, terminal medical conditions; chronic pain, and/or grief and bereavement. Wendy also brings vast experience working with college/graduate students and legal professionals.In addition to successfully completing a master degree in Mental Health Counseling, Wendy receivedspecialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), positive psychology (PP), neurolinguisticprogramming (NLP), mindfulness, and death and dying. As a former mental health and wellnessprogram director, law school career counselor, attorney, adjunct professor, national medicalresearch/healthcare advocate, family caregiver and death and dying doula, Wendy brings a wealth ofknowledge, skills, abilities, and experience to the therapeutic counseling relationship. She tailors her counseling to the particular needs of each client, often integrating knowledge and skills usedin CBT, PP, NLP and mindfulness. Her approach, while holistic in nature and spiritually centered -- ispragmatic and solution focused -- in order to help clients address concerns within the framework oftheir unique circumstances.

New York, New York, Us

Provide ad hoc strategic and advisory support to founding executives for text-based mental health support platform utilized at partnered schools and companies.

Hempstead, Ny, Us

Reporting to the Dean, Maurice A. Deane School of Law, the Senior Director of Hofstra Law’s Wellness Program is responsible for all aspects of leadership and management of the law school’s Mental Wellness Program. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:• Creates, develops, and implements well-being related prevention and intervention psychoeducational training, programs, and awareness campaigns for law students, faculty and administrators.• Coordinates and collaborates with law school, university, and external organizations to tailor and provide resources and services to Hofstra law students.• Serves as the law school’s mental health and wellness administrator and consultant to Student Affairs.• Collaborates with Student Affairs leadership and other law school leadership in fulfilling strategic goals and formulating policies that support student mental health and wellness.• Collaborates with institutional research resources to develop and implement well-being related need and utilization assessments.• Identifies, creates and helps implement best practices for detecting and assisting students experiencing psychological distress.• Creates, develops, and implements new, as well as collaborate with existing, well-being related education opportunities and programming.• Develops and provides prevention and detection training to faculty members and administration. regarding student mental health and substance use disorders, including crisis management and suicide prevention.• Creates and provides mental health and substance use disorder resources.• Creates and develops initiatives to empower students to help or support fellow students in need.• Identifies and collaborates with confidential recovery networks and resources.• Oversees and supervises administrative support staff, including graduate assistants and interns.• Assists Associate Dean of Development with Wellness Program fundraising efforts.

Hempstead, Ny, Us

Provided general and career counseling, strategic planning, document drafting support, and mock interviews for students, recent graduates and alumni. Created and managed annual interview events for recent graduates and summer interns. Prepared resource materials and participate in career, professional development and job-search related programs for students. Consistently achieved and exceeded graduate employment goals. Provided innovative and operational programmatic and administrative solutions to enhance overall department effectiveness and efficiency. Appointed to the Interdisciplinary Programming Committee (JD/MBA, JD/MPH, Law/Medicine).

Performed high-quality comprehensive assessment, case conceptualization, therapeutic planning, treatment and termination with individuals, spouses, and family members dealing with various mental health issues. Counseled clients, ranging in age from 5-70 years old, presenting with persistent and major depressive disorder; anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder; borderline and dependent personality disorder; as well as intermittent explosive and adjustment disorder. Integrated evidence-basedcounseling techniques including solution-focused, motivational interviewing, person-centered, cognitive behavioral, acceptance commitment, mindfulness, positive psychology, and case management to advance client goals and objectives. Conducted teletherapy sessions; consulted with outside service providers; participated in collaborative, joint treatment planning and counseling; and provided documentation though electronic medical record protocol. Received supervision and trainingindividually, through group case conference meetings, internship seminar class discussions, readings and assigned webinars. Helped with business development preparing written blogs, support group outreach, and other networking activities.

Hempstead, Ny, Us

Performed assessment, case conceptualization, therapeutic planning, treatment and termination with individuals in early adulthood who identified as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Created, co-led and observed ongoing mindfulness groups for prekindergarten children. Conducted teletherapy sessions; performed timely documentation and reporting requirements; and received ongoing supervision and training individually, through group case conference meetings, practicum seminar discussions,and readings.

Built national not-for-profit organization, raising in excess of $20 million in private, public and in-kind support for lymphatic biology and disease research; including ongoing Congressional and National Institutes of Health (NIH) support for lymphatic research and lymphatic diseases that have resulted in creation of and progressive increases in national programmatic and funding initiatives for lymphatic biology and disease; established first-ever Endowed Professorship of Lymphatic Research and Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine; created Lymphatic Research and Biology, an international peer-reviewed scientific journal; established premiere, biennial scientific conference series devoted to Molecular Mechanisms in Lymphatic Function and Disease; established international fellowship grants and awards program to attract young scientists and clinicians from distinguished research centers around the world; and national lymphatic disease patient registry and tissue bank to stimulate research, support clinical trials and drug development. International Lymphatic Research Award renamed Wendy Chaite Leadership Award.

White Plains, Ny, Us

Taught pretrial civil litigation clinical program for graduating seniors (Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998). Taught integrated first year course exploring substantive aspects of criminal law through legal research, writing, and analysis (Spring 1995).

Responsible for complex commercial litigation matters: conducted legal research and wrote legal memoranda, opinion letters, discovery-related and dispositive motions, and appellate briefs; attended judicial conferences and hearings; argued motions; drafted and responded to pleadings and discovery requests; supervised massive document productions; conducted and defended depositions; negotiated settlements; conducted long-term legal strategic planning with clients; and managed junior associates and legal assistants.

Conducted legal research and drafted judicial opinions and bench memoranda on a wide variety of substantive and procedural issues. Handled chamber administration, including supervision of legal interns for Honorable Irving Cooper.

LAW CLERK | CLARK, GAGLIARDI & MILLER | FALL 1987 Performed legal research and drafted pleadings, motions, and memoranda for personal injury and complex tort cases.SUMMER ASSOCIATE | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION | SUMMER 1987Assisted Children’s Rights Project attorneys in bringing class actions regarding education, adoption, and foster care.STUDENT JUDICIAL LAW CLERK | UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT (S.D.N.Y.) | FALL 1986-SPRING 1987Conducted legal research and drafted judicial opinions and bench memoranda for Chief Judge Charles Brieant.

Corporate fundraiser for major accounts division resulting in 39% increase in funds. Extensive public speaking.

Us

Term appointment as liaison for international organization providing leadership and organizational counseling and management workshops for local chapters throughout United States and Canada.

Master'S Degree -, Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Zarb Graduate School Of Business - Advanced Certificate In Business Management

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy