Melissa Walker, LCSW-R, LICSW, is a psychotherapist in New York City. She sees people in person in her Greenwich Village office and by telehealth throughout New York State, Vermont, and Florida. She has been practicing since 2007, working with adults and adolescents, couples and other pairs, and groups. She has a sub-specialty in working with adoptees and their families, and provides clinical consultation and supervision to other therapists.

Melissa earned her Master of Social Work at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, where she completed graduate internships at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, an inpatient research hospital affiliated with Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She pursued post-graduate training in psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, and in Modern Analytic group therapy at the Center for Group Studies. She has served on the faculty of the Clinical Journeys program at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, where she has also supervised graduate students.

Before entering private practice, Melissa worked in an intensive outpatient program for adolescents, on inpatient psychiatric units, and in community outpatient mental health clinics. Her training has also included cognitive behavioral therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, mindfulness, and the treatment of complex trauma. Her own practice of yoga and meditation informs her work as well.

Professional Affiliations

· American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
· American Group Psychotherapy Association
· Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
· International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
· National Association of Social Workers
· Women’s Mental Health Consortium