Over 30 years experience specializing in the treatment of:
- Postpartum Depression, Depression and Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Anxiety Disorder and Panic Attacks
- Trauma treatment and recovery from trauma
- Eating Disorders - anorexia, bulimia and binge eating
- Disturbed Eating
Providing short term and solution focused treatment using:
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma
- Internal Family Systems
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Exposure/Response Prevention (for OCD)
Appointments offered in Teaneck, New Jersey
Call 201-615-9274 to schedule an appointment or email slschleifer@gmail.com
Sarah Schleifer, MSSW, LCSW is a NJ and NY licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Teaneck, N.J. She served as Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University Graduate School of Social Work in New Brunswick, N.J.
Experience & training
Her clinical career spans over 30 years during which she worked in family therapy, hospital and outpatient mental health settings. After building the first Partial Hospitalization Program at Mountainside Hospital, she was recruited to begin QUEST – the Partial Hospitalization Program at Hackensack University Medial Center. During her 10 year tenure she continued to expand the Behavioral Health Services by developing new programs including several Intensive Outpatient Programs, the Center for Trauma Recovery, Eating Disorders Program and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Outpatient Programs.
In collaboration with the Mother/Baby nursing staff of HUMC, she developed a Post-Partum Depression screening and treatment program. More recently she provided training to the New Jersey Hot Line Staff as part of Governor Codey’s PostPartum Awareness initiative. In November 2006, she started the PostPartum Depression Support Program at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, including offering in-service training and grand rounds to nurses and physicians.
Within hours of the tragic events of 9/11, she coordinated HUMC’s Psychiatric Hotline, emergency debriefing and counseling services to offer trauma services to the community. In 2005, she served as clinical consultant for the “For You NJ 9/11” Program of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University Behavioral HealthCare to develop and offer programs to 9/11 survivors and their families.
Demonstrating her commitment to the mental health profession, she has supervised and trained graduate social work students and psychiatric residents from New Jersey Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She has lectured extensively for community groups and national professional organizations.
