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Shaina Bryski, LMSW, CASAC-T

Meet Shaina Bryski, LMSW, CASAC-T

Therapist

Shaina Bryski, LMSW, CASAC-T, completed her graduate training at Yeshiva University and works with high-functioning children, adolescents, adults, parents, and families. Many of her clients are bright, motivated, and successful in important areas of their lives but struggle with concerns such as ADHD, high-functioning anxiety, executive-functioning difficulties, perfectionism, emotional regulation, behavioral concerns, social challenges, academic or professional pressure, relationship difficulties, and life transitions.

Shaina works particularly well with children and adolescents who have significant strengths but may need additional support with attention, organization, confidence, emotional regulation, social relationships, behavior, or managing the expectations of demanding academic environments. She helps young people better understand themselves while developing practical skills that support greater independence and success.

Her work with parents and families is an important part of her approach. Shaina helps parents understand what may be driving a child’s behavior rather than focusing exclusively on the behavior itself. She works collaboratively with families to improve communication, establish effective strategies, reduce conflict, and create greater consistency between home, school, and the child’s individual treatment.

With high-functioning adults, Shaina frequently works with ADHD, high-functioning anxiety, executive-functioning challenges, perfectionism, career and workplace concerns, relationship difficulties, stress, decision-making, and major life transitions. Her clients may be functioning successfully from the outside while privately feeling overwhelmed, disorganized, anxious, stuck, or unable to perform at the level they know they are capable of.

Her therapeutic approach is integrative, collaborative, and highly individualized. She draws from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches as well as psychodynamic, somatic, and parts-informed work. She helps clients understand the emotional and behavioral patterns that may be keeping them stuck while developing practical strategies to create meaningful change. Shaina also has additional training and experience in trauma, PTSD, substance use, addiction, compulsive behaviors, and maladaptive coping patterns. When these concerns are present, she helps clients understand the underlying function of the behavior and develop healthier, more sustainable ways of managing distress.

Shaina incorporates a solution focused oriented approach when appropriate. She helps clients clarify what they want to accomplish, identify what is getting in the way, and translate insight into concrete action. This may include developing better organizational systems, strengthening executive-functioning skills, improving time management and follow-through, navigating professional challenges, or creating greater accountability around personal and career goals.

Shaina’s style is warm, direct, and goal-oriented. Treatment is tailored to the individual. For some clients, the work focuses on insight and emotional or relational patterns; for others, it is more structured and may involve executive-functioning support, behavioral strategies, parenting guidance, or coaching toward specific academic, professional, relationship, or personal goals.

Shaina’s goal is to help clients not only feel better, but function at their highest level. Whether working with a child and parents, an adolescent navigating increasing independence, or an adult managing significant personal and professional demands, she combines insight, practical strategies, and accountability to help clients build on their strengths, overcome obstacles, and move toward where they want to be.

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