SSW Clinical Consultation Service

The Schacht Center offers free 和 confidential individual consultations to School for Social Work students. Students may receive up to five individual sessions during the summer academic session, subject to availability 和 clinical recommendations. The sessions are an opportunity to address matters of personal concern as you participate in your professional training 和 are not a substitute for ongoing clinical treatment.

Consultation 小时和 Location

一天	Location	小时
Monday	Telehealth	noon–7 p.m.
Tuesday	In-person	9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Wednesday	In-person	9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thursday	In-person	9 a.m.–2 p.m.
星期五	Telehealth	8–11 a.m.

In person sessions are at the Schacht Center for Health 和 Wellness at 21 Belmont Avenue

Scheduling Appointments

电子邮件 counselingservices@joker123plus.net (please include your availability corresponding to the above appointment times)
or
Call 1-413-585-2840 M-F between 9am-4pm

About Appointments

Sessions are 45 minutes long 和 are strictly confidential.

Therapist Conducting Appointments

Desiree Lowit

SSW Consulting Therapist

she/her
Desiree is a licensed independent multiracial 和 multiethnic clinical social worker 和 a certified EMDR therapist. She graduated from the Smith College School for Social Work in 2011. Her psychotherapeutic approach is informed by sensorimotor psychotherapy, developmental dyadic psychotherapy, 认知行为治疗, 印度生物技术部, ego-state psychotherapy, EMDR 和 gender affirming care 和 more. Desiree has worked in many different roles 和 settings in community mental health centers, as well as integrated behavioral health through Boston Children’s Hospital, to working in full time private practice (since 2014). Desiree has been a member of the western Massachusetts EMDR steering committee since 2018. She has a lot of experience working with individuals, children 和 families working in the service of healing intergenerational trauma, 创伤后应激障碍, 和 C-创伤后应激障碍 as well as a demonstrated passion 和 dedication to social justice with a lifelong commitment to working in the service of dismantling systems of oppression that perpetuate ableist attitudinal beliefs within the realm of serving neuro-diverse learners. She is also a mother, an artist 和 a fiddler, 和 has a deep affinity for her beloved cat Vessela.