Practice Setting: Private Practice
Services Provided: Sarah Gerstenzang is a Columbia University trained licensed clinical social worker. She also has experience as a birth, foster/adoptive and kinship parent. Sarah has extensive experience working with foster and adoptive families. She provides attachment-focused family therapy as well as consultation and training for prospective foster and adoptive parents. Additionally, she offers training and supervision for clinical, educational and other professionals working with children who have experienced complex developmental trauma.
Sarah’s most recent book is Another Mother: Co-Parenting with the Foster Care System
Sarah has been a foster and kinship parent and one of her three children was adopted from the New York City foster care system. She and her husband support three additional siblings who were also in the foster care system and are now grown.
She works with parents and children together because it is the most effective way to create change. See more here in this blog post. She has worked with children from ages 18 months to 18 years from more than ten countries.
“Being a foster parent can be overwhelming. I have extensive knowledge of the child welfare system and can help you make the most of your experience so that you are an effective parent for the children in your care and personally fulfilled. If you are on your way to adopting, I can provide customized training based on the anticipated needs of your child.”