She partnered with community providers, school personnel, pediatric practices and others in order to collaborate on behalf of the child and family so that they can reach their treatment goals with a team behind them. ![]() Her niche there has been working with teenagers with adjustment issues, depression, self-harm, substance abuse, anxiety, family difficulties and coaching them through the transition between high school and college. She is currently working on her RO-DBT Certification. At the Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau (Old Lyme, CT) she has provided psychotherapy to the children and adolescents in the town. The center used individual, group work and family work using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and focused on communication, coping skills and family work in order to help the clients and family’s transition to lower levels of care. Yale New Haven Hospital was ready to launch a new satellite Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Center where Natasha was asked to develop, implement and run the new center. ![]() Natasha served as the Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the CT Department of Veteran’s Affairs where she not only served veterans but also trained the clinical staff on suicide risk assessment and safety planning. She has worked with children, adolescents, and with adults in numerous levels of care including: Outpatient level, Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), Partial Hospital Program (PHP), Inpatient Level, Residential Treatment, Mobile Crisis and in the Emergency Department. She obtained her license to practice clinical social work in 2005 and has maintained a private practice ever since. After completing her fellowship, she stayed on at Yale University as a Clinical Instructor and Consultant for the Childhood Violent Trauma Center. She then completed a second-year fellowship at the Childhood Violent Trauma Center where she worked in the Child Development Community Policing Program (CDCP) with the New Haven Police Department accompanying officers as they went out on calls for children and families who had experienced trauma. Natasha became very interested in Anna Freud’s work on defense mechanisms and the need for a strong therapeutic alliance with her clients. ![]() She was then accepted to Yale University, School of Medicine, Child Study Center for her Fellowship where she worked in the Outpatient Clinic. The therapeutic alliance and partnership between psychotherapist and patient is created by honest communication, genuine collaboration, and trust as the patient embarks on their courageous journey to betterment.Īfter finishing her undergraduate work at Georgia State University, she relocated to New York City to attend Columbia University for her Master of Science in Social Work. ![]() She is passionate about creating a safe space while working with adolescents, their parents and young adults in their journey of self-growth and exploration. Natasha is originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada but has had the opportunity to live in numerous other cities and has now chosen Charleston, SC for the next phase of her journey. Kennedy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Licensed Independent Social Worker-Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) with close to twenty years’ experience she maintains clinical licenses in South Carolina, Connecticut and Georgia.
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