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Ana Maria (Ana) Paniagua
(She/Her/Hers)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Supporting your journey to stronger relationships, self-acceptance, and lasting change.
Feeling disconnected, uncertain, or struggling in your relationships? Together, we’ll explore ways to reconnect, heal, and find fulfillment. My focus is on helping you build a stronger relationship with yourself and others, especially when life’s challenges, unresolved trauma, or past attachment wounds make this difficult. I specialize in treating relationship issues, personality disorders, anxiety, and complex trauma, with additional expertise in life transitions and emotional self-regulation. My experience includes building and leading Intensive Outpatient Programs, which taught me the importance of community and the power of shared healing experiences. I work with therapeutic methods like DBT, EMDR, ACT, and CBT, tailoring each to meet your specific goals. Therapy with me is collaborative and thoughtful—I take time to understand your history, identify patterns, and create a treatment plan that reflects your unique needs. My approach is compassionate yet direct, helping you shift from unhelpful habits to effective coping skills. I believe in empowering you to nurture curiosity and self-acceptance, creating a foundation for meaningful change and connection.
Practice hours (EST)
Accepts new patients after hospitalization for
- Substance use
- Manic episodes
- Self-harming behavior
- Suicidal intent or a plan
- Severe emotional stress or trauma
- Severe depression
- Suicide attempt
- Eating disorders
- Escalating reckless or impulsive behavior
Reserves times throughout the week for new clients after discharge from the hospital.
Adjusts scheduling to accommodate new clients after their hospitalization.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Abuse
- Academic Concerns
- Aging
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Avoidant Personality
- Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Bullying
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- College and School Placement
- Compulsive Exercise
- Conflict Resolution
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- Drug Use
- Eating Concerns
- Excoriation Disorder (skin picking)
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gambling Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Histrionic Personality
- Hoarding
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intimacy Concerns
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Narcissistic Personality
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
- Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)
- Panic
- Paranoid Personality
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Personality Disorders
- Phobia
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Racial Identity
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sex Addiction/Pornography Concerns
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Trichotillomania (hair pulling)
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Immigrants
- Professional Healthcare Providers
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Behavior Modification
- Couples Therapy
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Coaching
- Body Image Therapy
- Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Behavior Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Mindfulness Training
- Eclectic Approaches
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Erikson/Psychosocial Development
- Feminist Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Integrative Body Psychotherapy
- Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT)
- Light Therapy
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Process-Oriented Psychology
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Relationship Enhancement Therapy
- Reality Therapy
- Self Psychology
- Somatic Psychotherapy
- Social Skills Training
- Transference Focused Therapy (TFP)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Anger Management
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
$200 — $225per session
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Aetna – New York
- AvMed – Florida
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – New York
- Cigna – Florida
- Cigna – New York
- Cigna-EAP – New York
- ComPsych – New York
- Humana – Florida
- Humana – New York
- Medicare – New York
- Military insurance (e.g. TRICARE) – New York
- Mohawk Valley Health Plan (MVP) – New York
- Optum – New York
- Optum – Florida
- Oscar – Florida
- Oscar – New York
- Tricare-Federally Funded – New York
- UHC – New York
- UMR-EAP – Florida
- UMR-EAP – New York
- UMR-VA Community Care Network – New York
- United Health Care – Florida
- Documentation provided for patient filling
- In-network insurance
- Out-of-pocket
Payment methods
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Online
Credentials
Licenses
LCSW
095592-01, New York
LCSW
TPIC71 , Florida
Certificates
Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP) and Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (G-TEP)
Maria G. Masciandaro Psy D.
EMDR Basic Training
Tracey Marchese, LCSW-R
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Foundational Training
Behavioral Tech
ACT for Beginners
Dr. Russ Harris
Education
Syracuse University
MSW (Master of Social Work), 2019