Credentials:
- Master of Social Work, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
- Master of Business Administration, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY (Expected November 2024)
- Trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Trained in Trauma Focused- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) certified to provide clinical supervision
Professional:
Andrew is an experienced clinician and administrator with more than 15 years of experience in mental health treatment and more than 10 years specifically in adolescent residential mental health treatment. Andrew has held various roles within residential treatment programs including Clinician, Clinical Director, Assistant Program Director, and Director of Evidence Based Practice. Through these roles he has developed a thorough understanding of the nuanced complexities of residential care, and what it takes to provide holistic best-practice treatment to youth with significant emotional, behavioral, and developmental challenges, and their families. Andrew also believes firmly that for youth and their families to experience success in treatment, it requires an individualized approach in the context of a safe space that allows for healing, learning, and growth.
In both direct practice and leadership roles, Andrew has extensive experience serving youth with diagnostic presentations including autism, mood disorders, depression, anxiety, psychosis, and trauma, and managing behaviors including aggression, suicidality, self-harm, and elopement. Andrew has also had training in numerous clinical treatment models including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma Focused- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Family Therapy.
Personal:
Andrew loves spending time outdoors, especially hiking, gardening, biking, and going to the beach with his wife and two young children. Traveling is also a passion of Andrew’s and he and his family spend much of their free time exploring new destinations both within the U.S. and internationally. His two favorite destinations to date have been South Africa and New Zealand.
Working in Mental Health & Human Services since 2009
Working in Adolescent Residential Treatment since 2013
Working at Shrub Oak International School since 2024
