Lana Ackaway
Clinical Social Worker/Therapist - LCSW-R, CASAC
I am an empathic human being and a highly trained Certified Psychoanalyst, NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and NYS Credentialed Alcoholism Counselor.I help others manage and resolve difficulties of the heart — love, loss and work during significant life changes; for example, career change, death / illness in family, divorce, early “recovery”, relapse with addiction(s), criminal arrests, loss of work, etc. I am committed to providing high-quality professional assessment and counseling / psychotherapy to people who have not accessed or have had prior unsatisfactory experiences with psychotherapy.I am also committed to travel the lengthy road of psychoanalysis with people who want to take this voyage.
Skills and Expertise
Abandonment
Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
Addiction
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adult
Aggression and Violence
Aging and Geriatric Issues
Alcohol Use
Antisocial Personality
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Attention Deficit (ADHD)
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
birth
Blended Family Issues
Body Image
Borderline Personality
Breakups
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Child or Adolescent
Chronic Impulsivity
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain or Illness
Codependency
college age
Commitment Issues
Communication Problems
Compulsive Spending and Shopping
Control Issues
Coping Mechanisms
Couple Counseling
Couples therapy
Creative Blocks
Depression
Dissociation
Dissociative Disorders
Divorce
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Dual Diagnosis
Drug Use
Emotional Abuse
Elderly Persons Disorders
Emptiness
Entitlement
Family of Origin Issues
Family Conflict
Fear
grief
Guilt
Helplessness and Victimhood
Hoarding
Identity Issues
Impulse Control Disorders
Individuation
Irritability
Isolation
Jealousy
Life Purpose
Loss
Loss or Grief
Marriage Couseling
Men
Mens Issues and Problems
Midlife Crisis
Mood Disorders
Narcissistic Personality
Obesity
Obsessions and Compulsions
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Oppositional Defiance
pain
Panic
Paranoia
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Personality Disorders
Postpartum Depression
Psychosis
Premarital Counseling
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Sexual Abuse
Single Parenting Issues
Stress
Substance Use
Suicidal Ideation
Teens
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
weight-loss
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Eclectic
Existential
Experiential
Family/Marital Therapy
Forensic Psychology
Harm Reduction
Humanistic
Interpersonal
Intervention
Marital Couple/ Family Communication Therapy
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy
Therapy unique to each client
Modality