Amy Silberman

Amy Silberman is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 24 years of experience in social work and therapy. Early in her career she helped families identify and adopt babies with special needs and provided support to prenatal and postpartum mothers facing social challenges. For the past 16 years her practice has been primarily focused on families whose children have orthopedic and rheumatologic conditions.

Her manner is kind and gentle and she approaches each person with curiosity. In the first session she will listen and invite clients to describe what brought them to therapy and what they hope to achieve. She works collaboratively to set short-term and long-term goals so progress can be noticed over time.

She works from a strengths perspective and has recently added Health and Life Coach training, bringing encouraging, team-oriented support to her clinical work. She has been told for years that she is a good listener, and she emphasizes listening and reflecting back what clients share as a way to foster positive change. She welcomes the opportunity to work together and see what therapy can accomplish.