Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed in New York and New Jersey
Dr. Samantha Schindelheim is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with young children, teens, young adults, and their parents who struggle with behavioral challenges, self-esteem, relationships, mood, anxiety, trauma and life cycle transitions. Dr. Schindelheim has specific training and/or certifications in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Parent-Management Training (PMT). She is passionate about teaching concrete therapeutic skills that have been proven to help individuals and families overcome various challenges. Her ultimate goal is to provide validation, support, and tangible improvements to people she works with on a daily basis. Additionally, she is passionate about increasing high-quality care for children, adolescents, and their families through the delivery of evidence-based interventions.
Dr. Schindelheim holds an appointment at Columbia University School of Social Work where she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and teaches courses on Advanced Clinical Practice and Suicide Assessments and Treatments. She formerly worked and held a faculty appointment at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital/Columbia Irving Medical Center where she provided therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults with suicidal and disruptive behaviors in their home and communities to prevent higher levels of care (i.e. hospitalization). In that role, she also co-directed the Social Work Training Program at the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic. She received her Master’s degree at Columbia School of Social Work and her Doctorate in Clinical Social Work (DSW) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. Dr. Schindelheim is also fluent in Spanish, providing treatment in Spanish to bilingual families. Dr. Schindelheim is pleased to work with people of all races, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds.