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1539 Results for Social Work near Elizabeth, NJ

Learn more about Social Work Specialists and how to choose the right one for you

A social worker specializes in helping individuals, couples, families and groups tackle many kinds of problems and situations. Social workers work within the context of a person’s environment and life situation. They help people cope with and overcome the challenges of psychological problems, serious illnesses, social and economic problems, life crises and transitions, and difficulties in school, work and relationships. 

There are two general types of social workers, direct-service social workers and clinical social workers. Clinical social workers are healthcare professionals who diagnose and treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. A clinical social worker is also known as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW).

In contrast, direct-service social workers do not diagnose or treat disorders, but work to help people with an illness or otherwise difficult situation cope and achieve their goals. Direct-service social workers identify a client’s needs, strengths, goals and challenges; make plans to help a client improve coping skills and quality of life; and follow up with clients to assess their progress and the effectiveness of plans. A direct-service social worker may be known as a licensed social worker (LSW) in states that require licensure.

The practice of a social worker varies depending on if he or she is a direct-service social worker or a clinical social worker, his or her education and specialty, and the type of setting and client. In general, a social worker may:

  • Assess a client’s needs, challenges, support systems, and resources

  • Identify or diagnose mental and emotional disorders and life challenges. A LCSW diagnoses and treats mental, emotional and behavioral disorders with therapy.

  • Develop treatment or action plans to help clients, and re-evaluate and modify plans as needed

  • Help a client access needed resources and organizations

  • Advocate for a client

  • Provide individual, group, family, and couples or marriage counseling

  • Teach and support strategies for behavior changes, coping skills, and therapeutic techniques, such as breathing techniques and the use of visual imagery

  • Collaborate, refer and consult with other professionals, such as psychiatrists, teachers and psychologists

  • Maintain strict patient confidentiality, unless patients are at risk of hurting themselves or others or the provider has a legal obligation to share information

  • Commit patients involuntarily in emergency situations

Social workers may also be known by the following names: direct-service social worker, licensed social worker (LSW), clinical social worker, licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), child social worker, therapist, or counselor.

There are 1539 specialists practicing Social Work in Elizabeth, NJ with an overall average rating of 4.3 stars. There are 3 hospitals near Elizabeth, NJ with affiliated Social Work specialists, including Bellevue Hospital Center, Neighborhood Health Center at Christ Hospital and Staten Island University Hospital.

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    • Elizabeth Pineros, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      0.1 mi • Elizabeth, NJ 07201
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      0.1 mi • Elizabeth, NJ 07201
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Scott Weiss, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      0.7 mi • Elizabeth, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      0.7 mi • Elizabeth, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
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    • Basheer Shabazz, LSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 2 ratings
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Miriam Gonzalez, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Kristy Centrelli

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 2 ratings
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
    • Luis Carvajal, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
    • Victoria Blom, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      0.8 mi • Elizabethport, NJ 07206
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
    • Silvina Falcon-Levine, LCSW

      Clinical Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 2 ratings
      4.4 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      4.4 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
    • Denise Venitelli, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      1.3 mi • Elizabeth, NJ 07208
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      1.3 mi • Elizabeth, NJ 07208
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Myles Paulson, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 11 ratings
      6.7 mi • Staten Island, NY 10301
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      6.7 mi • Staten Island, NY 10301
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Elizabeth Arnone, LCSW

      Counseling
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 2 ratings
      5.4 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      5.4 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Kristen Ackley Zeleny, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 2 ratings
      5.8 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      5.8 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
    • Tracy Hamolko, LSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      3.2 mi • Newark, NJ 07112
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      3.2 mi • Newark, NJ 07112
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
    • Alyse Levy, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 7 ratings
      6.4 mi • Staten Island, NY 10301
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      6.4 mi • Staten Island, NY 10301
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
    • Marie Castillo-Chece, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      3.8 mi • Staten Island, NY 10314
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      3.8 mi • Staten Island, NY 10314
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Diane Stanley, LCADC

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      4.1 mi • Union, NJ 07083
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      4.1 mi • Union, NJ 07083
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Priscilla Bauer, MSW

      Psychotherapy
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 8 ratings
      7.8 mi • Short Hills, NJ 07078
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      7.8 mi • Short Hills, NJ 07078
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Misty Shores, LCSW

      Clinical Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      7.2 mi • Westfield, NJ 07090
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      7.2 mi • Westfield, NJ 07090
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Lucie Skidanow, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      4.5 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      • Patients found trustworthy
      4.5 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      • Patients found trustworthy
    • Irma Terron, MSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      4.5 mi • Bayonne, NJ 07002
      • Offers Telehealth
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      4.5 mi • Bayonne, NJ 07002
      • Offers Telehealth
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
    • Francis Kowalski, LPC

      Counseling
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      4.7 mi • Bayonne, NJ 07002
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      • Patients found trustworthy
      4.7 mi • Bayonne, NJ 07002
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      • Patients found trustworthy
    • Brenda Davis, LCSW

      Clinical Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 5 ratings
      5.2 mi • Bayonne, NJ 07002
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      5.2 mi • Bayonne, NJ 07002
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Dennis Brooks, MSW

      Clinical Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 3 ratings
      4.8 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      4.8 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Penny Beil, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      4.8 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Low wait times
      • Explains conditions well
      • Patients found trustworthy
      4.8 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Low wait times
      • Explains conditions well
      • Patients found trustworthy
    • Diane Richardson

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      4.9 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      4.9 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Allison Smith, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      4.9 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      4.9 mi • Cranford, NJ 07016
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Dennis Mikkelsen, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 5 ratings
      5 mi • Bayonne, NJ 07002
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      5 mi • Bayonne, NJ 07002
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Robert Gallagher, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      5.2 mi • Staten Island, NY 10314
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
      5.2 mi • Staten Island, NY 10314
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Explains conditions well
    • Donna Comanda, LCSW

      Clinical Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 5 ratings
      5.2 mi • Staten Island, NY 10314
      • Offers Telehealth
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      5.2 mi • Staten Island, NY 10314
      • Offers Telehealth
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
    • Mark Amoroso, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 3 ratings
      7.7 mi • Colonia, NJ 07067
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      7.7 mi • Colonia, NJ 07067
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Daniel Blane, LCSW

      Clinical Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      7.1 mi • Newark, NJ 07104
      • Offers Telehealth
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      7.1 mi • Newark, NJ 07104
      • Offers Telehealth
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
    • Anne Cuff, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      5.3 mi • Vauxhall, NJ 07088
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      5.3 mi • Vauxhall, NJ 07088
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Nancy Howard, LCSW

      Psychotherapy
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      8.8 mi • Iselin, NJ 08830
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      8.8 mi • Iselin, NJ 08830
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Kelly Francini, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      5.4 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      5.4 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Laura Davis, LCSW

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 1 rating
      5.4 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
      5.4 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      • Low wait times
    • Carolyn Davis-Cottle

      Social Work
      Rated 5 out of 5 starsWith 2 ratings
      5.4 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Offers Telehealth
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
      5.4 mi • Maplewood, NJ 07040
      • Offers Telehealth
      • Easy scheduling
      • Employs friendly staff
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