- Compassionate listening
- Practical coping tools
- Longterm perspective
About Shana
Shana Maltzman is a licensed social worker with 25 years of experience helping people navigate major life stresses. She works with individuals facing anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, and the strain of life changes. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable.
Her practice centers on building a calm, judgment-free space where clients can talk through patterns that keep them stuck. She helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, improve communication, and create small, practical steps they can use between sessions. This often includes coping strategies for sleep, eating, and handling work or caregiving demands.
Maltzman draws on several therapeutic approaches to fit each person's needs. She uses client-centered techniques to listen and reflect what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps her clients spot and change thoughts that feed anxiety or depression. Narrative and psychodynamic ideas are used when understanding life stories and attachment patterns is helpful.
Her background also includes work with those facing relationship ruptures, separation and divorce, end-of-life concerns, and caregiving stress. She supports people dealing with abandonment, body image, and isolation without labeling or shaming the experience.
Sessions are practical and collaborative. The aim is to strengthen emotional tools, improve relationships, and move toward a life that feels more authentic and manageable. Prospective clients in New Jersey can expect straightforward guidance and steady support.
How her approaches work online
Shana commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and reflecting what matters to the client so they can clarify goals and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person's needs. Adjustments are made over time if something isn't helping, so the work evolves with the client's progress.
Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how she is meeting with clients. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use therapy alongside work, caregiving, and medical appointments without reshuffling their whole day.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, parenting, and career matters.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and direct. She combines listening with practical steps so clients leave sessions with tools they can use.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with people through major life transitions and complex emotional issues.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LCSW-R and LCSW credentials and practices in New Jersey with licensure in New York noted as well.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered for scheduling and session length.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.