Naomi Jolkovsky

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow Psychologist who earned my Psy.D. in School-Child Clinical Psychology from Yeshiva University and provide virtual services across New York State. With nearly 20 years of experience across group practice, school-based, inpatient, outpatient, and volunteer settings, I work with young children, adolescents, young adults, and families through a collaborative, affirming, and individualized approach.
I provide therapy, counseling, psychoeducational evaluations, and comprehensive neuropsychological assessments for individuals navigating anxiety, trauma, mood-related challenges, executive functioning differences, school stressors, burnout, grief, relationship difficulties, eating disorders, medically complex presentations, and neurodevelopmental differences. I work extensively with autistic and otherwise neurodivergent folx, including ADHDers, PDA profiles, twice-exceptional (2e) individuals, gifted learners, disabled clients, LGBTQIA+ clients, BIPOC clients, late-diagnosed autistic adults, religious trauma survivors, and caregivers seeking deeper understanding and support. My approach is strengths-based, neuroaffirming, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, culturally responsive, and grounded in the neurodiversity paradigm. I believe neurodevelopmental differences reflect predisposition rather than predetermination, and I value helping individuals better understand how their cognitive, emotional, sensory, attentional, relational, and lived experiences interact within everyday life, relationships, school, and work environments. I practice through a lens that recognizes the impact of minority stress, disability justice, systemic inequities, chronic stress, and environmental factors on emotional wellbeing, identity development, and access to care. In both therapy and assessment, I value understanding the full picture of a person rather than viewing challenges through a single diagnosis in isolation. My evaluations thoughtfully examine cognitive, academic, executive functioning, attentional, sensory, adaptive, emotional, and social-emotional profiles to better understand how areas of strength, processing style, support needs, and lived experiences influence daily functioning across settings. Evaluations may support diagnostic clarification related to autism, ADHD, learning differences, giftedness/twice-exceptionality, mood and anxiety-related presentations, and other neurodevelopmental or psychological differences, while also recognizing the important role trauma, chronic stress, medical complexity, and environmental experiences can play in presentation and functioning. I value providing assessments that are nuanced, affirming, collaborative, and individualized rather than deficit-focused or reductionistic. Drawing from my background in school-child clinical psychology, I also collaborate closely with caregivers, schools, physicians, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, educators, and multidisciplinary teams around school observations, accommodations, IEPs, 504 plans, educational advocacy, and treatment planning to help create more accessible, supportive, and sustainable environments across settings. My therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, flexible, and developmentally responsive. I integrate approaches such as CBT, DBT, ACT, TF-CBT, attachment-based work, narrative therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, somatic approaches, sensory regulation frameworks, executive functioning support, and child-centered play therapy. Sessions are thoughtfully tailored to each person and balance skill-building, emotional processing, creativity, humor, reflection, and practical problem-solving in ways that feel meaningful and authentic. Clients and families often describe me as approachable, thoughtful, down-to-earth, and easy to connect with. Outside of my clinical work, I enjoy spending time with family, gardening, baking sourdough, hands-on carpentry and outdoor projects, and participating in volunteer work within the community. I welcome the opportunity to connect with individuals, young people, and families considering therapy, counseling, or assessment services and explore how I may be able to support you.

Naomi Jolkovsky