Andrea Gastman, L.C.S.W.

I am a licensed Clinical Social Worker with post-graduate psychoanalytic training. I treat people struggling with a range of difficulties, including interpersonal relationship issues, familial issues, childhood and adult trauma, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, as well as academic and career inhibitions. I often work with patients who have tried therapy in the past without obtaining the relief they’d hoped for. Therapeutic change requires a trusting, respectful relationship with someone trained to listen and respond in a way that facilitates deeper understanding.Problematic emotions and behaviors are often influenced by factors outside of awareness. I work with you to bring these to conscious attention so as to facilitate change and choice. Working collaboratively, we will address your difficulties, symptoms and personal challenges in the context of your life history.to identify and work through the obstacles interfering with your sustained sense of well-being an