I work with adults, teens, and children facing anxiety, behavioral hurdles, and complex life transitions. Many come to me carrying chronic worry, depression, peer friction, or substance challenges. Others seek a culturally fluent space to untangle intense family, dating, and community pressures within the Orthodox Jewish world, or to process religious trauma and guilt. Blending clinical social work with Applied Behavior Analysis, I provide concrete, evidence-based tools that dismantle overwhelm, build genuine social confidence, and create lasting, values-aligned change.
About
Max Aaron, MS, LMSW, LBA-LP
Psychotherapist & Behavioral Specialist
About Me: Growth, healing, and meaningful change happen in a space where you feel genuinely
understood, respected, and equipped with tools that hold up in daily life. As a Licensed Master
Social Worker (LMSW) with advanced training in Applied Behavior Analysis, addiction
counseling, and social-emotional learning, I offer an authentic, nonjudgmental environment
designed to help individuals, children, and families untangle complex challenges and move
forward with confidence.
My clinical approach pairs deep empathy with practical, evidence-based problem-solving.
Whether you are managing debilitating anxiety, navigating depression, working through
relationship and community pressures within the Orthodox Jewish world, or helping your child
build confidence with peers, our work centers on your values, your strengths, and real-world
relief.
Areas of Focus & Specialties:
● Anxiety & Depression: Targeted, compassionate care for chronic worry, panic, social anxiety, emotional fatigue, and low mood. We combine cognitive and behavioral tools with practical regulation strategies to break overwhelming cycles, re-engage with daily
life, and restore emotional vitality.
● Orthodox Jewish Community & Cultural Navigation: Culturally attuned therapy addressing the unique nuances, expectations, and pressures of Orthodox life. Whether you are balancing intense community and family expectations, working through dating
and marital stress, exploring your personal relationship to observance, or navigating complex transitions, you will find a culturally fluent, nuanced space where you don't have to explain the language or norms.
● Religious Trauma & Deconstruction: Specialized support for individuals processing the emotional and psychological impacts of high-control religious environments or spiritual distress. Together, we address chronic guilt, fear, isolation, and identity
renegotiation, helping you reclaim autonomy and set healthy boundaries on your own terms.
● Children’s Social Skills & Youth Behavioral Support: Strengths-based, actionable coaching for children and teens facing peer challenges, social cues, impulsivity, or
school stress. Using structured social-emotional learning (SEL) and behavioral principles, we break social interactions into concrete, practiced habits that build genuine peer confidence and reduce friction.
● Substance Use Support & Recovery: Compassionate care meeting you wherever you are in your relationship with substances. Using a harm reduction and behavioral
framework, we focus on identifying root emotional triggers, reshaping routines, and establishing adaptive, sustainable coping mechanisms that fit your life.
Background & Credentials
● Education: Master of Social Work (MSW), Daemen University; Master of Science in
Applied Behavior Analysis, Martinsburg College; Bachelor of Science in Psychology,
Excelsior University.
● Licensure & Credentials: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), New York State;
Licensed Behavior Analyst Limited Permit (NYS LBA-LP); CASEL Certified in
Social-Emotional Learning; credentialing coursework in alcoholism and substance abuse
counseling (CASAC-T track).
● Clinical Experience: Extensive work across community counseling centers, OASAS
clinics, yeshiva/day school environments, and specialized youth and respite programs
throughout New York.
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