Maggie Dunleavy, LMSW

Staff Therapist

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Maggie is a graduate of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and they specialize in therapeutic work with queer and trans folks, as well as supporting all clients in their exploration and healing around issues of gender identity, sex and sexuality, loss and grief, depression, anxiety, cultivating healthy relationships, and self-acceptance. They believe that the most important aspect of therapeutic work is the creation of an affirming and safe relationship between therapist and client. In this way, Maggie’s approach as a therapist is one that first and foremost is warm, kind, and authentic.

Maggie works from a trauma-informed and eclectic style of practice, utilizing elements of psychodynamic practice as well as Relational Cultural Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Narrative Therapy. Additionally, pulling from their experience in the performing arts and in somatic movement practice, they use somatic experiencing and mindfulness practices when appropriate or useful in supporting their clients' relationship with their feelings and how they are felt in the body. Maggie’s therapeutic practice is informed by critical race theory as well as queer and feminist theory and grounded in an awareness of the impact of marginalization and systemic oppression on mental health. They are grateful for the chance to learn from and with their clients, and understand that as a white therapist, cultural humility and anti-racist practice are essential to their work with clients of all backgrounds.