Jordan Binkowitz

Jordan Binkowitz (he/him) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate born and raised in New Jersey who has been living and studying in North Carolina since 2018. Jordan received his bachelor’s degree from Elon University with dual majors in both Psychology and Adventure Education, and went on to pursue his Master’s of Social Work degree within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jordan was first introduced to the social work profession as an adolescent while volunteering with a nonprofit agency where he worked to connect unhoused individuals with person-centered social services via street outreach programs and case management. Simultaneously, the seeds of his personal and vocational interests in neurodivergence were planted when volunteering with children on the autism spectrum. These personal and professional interests in neurodivergence, as well as the oppressive systems interwoven against non-“typical” ways of being eventually led him to learn about the field of substance use and behavioral addictions. This led to his work in two different behavioral health clinics with children on the autism spectrum and their families after graduating from Elon. During his one year break between his undergraduate education and his time in graduate school, Jordan began unravelling his own personal connections to neurodivergence, finally receiving his official diagnoses at age 22 which brought support and validation to his academic, professional, and personal struggles. These various support systems led him to the path of clinical social work where he learned about the interconnectedness of inequitable societal systems from an academic perspective, how these systems borne of colonial violence and oppression work to keep the white patriarchy in power, and how these unjust systems work to oppress various minoritized identities and ways of being. Jordan’s training focused on building both general and specialized clinical skills to work with those battling substance or behavioral addictions, as well as providing him with the opportunity to work with individuals across the lifespan. Via his internships with the Jubilee Home of Durham and the UNC Office of Student Wellness, Jordan practiced utilizing motivational interviewing as his overarching therapeutic approach while grounding the client-provider relationship in both collaboration and personal agency. These are important aspects of his humanistic and person-centered approaches to therapy. My Specialties: – Neurodivergence (assessment, identity, coping strategies) – Substance use and behavioral addictions – LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy – Identity development and self-acceptance – Trauma related to systemic oppression and marginalization – Family support for neurodivergence – Adjustment and coping across the lifespan