Rayna Friedman
(She/Her/Hers)
Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
Compassionate care for trauma, anxiety, and depression—helping you uncover and embrace your potential.
Struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, or life transitions? Together, we’ll explore how your past experiences influence your current challenges and uncover paths toward growth and resilience. I specialize in working with young adults facing trauma, body image concerns, ADHD, executive functioning struggles, and difficult transitions. Whether you’re navigating unresolved childhood trauma or feeling stuck, my approach is empathetic, curious, and rooted in understanding the full person you are. Using evidence-based methods like CBT and DBT, I focus on creating a judgment-free space where you feel safe to process your experiences. Whether you’ve faced trauma or caused harm, there’s no judgment here—only space to understand and heal. My goal is to empower you to recognize your potential and develop skills to become your own therapist so you can confidently navigate life’s challenges. If you’re seeking clarity and meaningful change, let’s take the first step together.
Practice hours (EDT)
Accepts new patients after hospitalization for
- Manic episodes
- Severe depression
- Self-harming behavior
- Suicidal intent or a plan
- Escalating reckless or impulsive behavior
- Suicide attempt
- Eating disorders
- Substance use
- Severe emotional stress or trauma
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
- 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
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Body positivity
- People of color
- People who identify as non-binary
- People who identify as queer
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Behavior Modification
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Body Image Therapy
- Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Behavior Therapy
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Eclectic Approaches
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Erikson/Psychosocial Development
- Humanistic Therapy
- Integrative Body Psychotherapy
- Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT)
- Light Therapy
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Process-Oriented Psychology
- Positive Psychology
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Insomnia (CBT-I)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Coaching
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Relationship Enhancement Therapy
- Reality Therapy
- Self Psychology
- Somatic Psychotherapy
- Social Skills Training
- Transference Focused Therapy (TFP)
- Anger Management
- Brief Psychotherapy
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Training
- Motivational Interviewing
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
$200 — $225per session
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Aetna – Florida
- Aetna – Massachusetts
- Aetna – New York
- All Way Health Partners – Massachusetts
- AvMed – Florida
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Massachusetts
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – New York
- Cigna – Florida
- Cigna – Massachusetts
- Cigna – New York
- ComPsych – New York
- ComPsych – Florida
- Humana – Florida
- Humana – New York
- Humana – Massachusetts
- Medicare – Florida
- Medicare – New York
- Mohawk Valley Health Plan (MVP) – New York
- Optum – New York
- Optum – Massachusetts
- Optum – Florida
- Oscar – Florida
- Oscar – 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
Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW)
LCSW2120068, Massachusetts
Education
Columbia University
MSW (Master of Social Work), 2024
Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
BS (Bachelor of Science), 2016