Allison Silverman

Allison Silverman is a Licensed Master Social Worker located in Brooklyn, NY. Allison works with young adults, adults, and seniors who face a wide range of mental health challenges. She supports those who struggle with anxiety, including work-related anxiety, burnout, social anxiety, and anxiety heightened by a changing climate. She also works with people who are dealing with caregiving stressors, disabilities, life changes, loss, and bereavement, and addictions, including alcohol and substance use. Allison also has a background working with, trauma, OCD, depression, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Allison uses many different practice approaches, including, narrative, psychoanalytic, object relations, and family systems therapy. Clients learn more about themselves and how their emotions work, as well as identify their emotional needs. They also practice, with Allison’s gentle guidance, mindfulness skills like breathwork, meditation, and other exercises that are best suited and tailored to individual needs. This can help with emotion regulation and greater self-awareness. Allison also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into her work with clients, teaching them the connection between their thoughts and their feelings, as well as their actions.

Allison earned a Master’s degree in Social Work from Hunter College. She has nearly 15 years of professional experience, including 10 years of experience working as a case manager for the geriatric population, the neurodiverse population, and children.