
Jola Dzierżyńska
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PLLC
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3 Endorsed
4511 Harlem Rd Suite 15, Buffalo, NY 14226
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I graduated from SUNY University at Buffalo School of Social Work and since then, I have worked with clients with various mental health afflictions in long-term and short-term therapy. I have experience working with clients in group & individual settings. Besides common approaches such as Cognitive & Dialectical Behavioral Therapies, I use Existential & Jungian perspectives to serve my clients. In trauma work, I use the Moral Injury Model, Schema Therapy approach as well as Post-Traumatic Growth Model. I see humor, laughter, poetry…and silence as quite effective therapeutic modalities, too!
Now, it is my observation as your fellow human & a clinician, that there seems to be a wide-spread belief that changing our external conditions only, will result in living-happily-ever-after. Yet often, even when our external circumstances change for the better, the inside remains dissatisfied. We return to our habit of expecting life to accommodate us.
In therapy, I focus on facilitating taking an active way of engaging with one’s circumstances no matter what they might be rather than spectating life as it happens and seeking the meaning of it outside of ourselves. The future will not ‘bend’ to our liking by itself. The inside handles the outside. Thanks for stopping by! JD
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Finances
Fees
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Highmark BCBS of Western New York
- Independent Health
- Meritain Health
- Optum
- Oscar Health
- Oxford
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Univera
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Jola Dzierżyńska
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PLLC
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 092582 Jola Dzierżyńska
- Degree/Diploma from Medaille College Bachelor's of Science Degree in Liberal Arts
- Attended UB School of Social Work, Master's Degree in Social Work
Specialties and Expertise
Expertise
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Grief
- Life Transitions
- Personality Disorders
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
3 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals
I also speak
Polish
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals
I also speak
Polish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Existential
- Fairy Tale Model for Post-Traumatic Growth
- Jungian
- Moral Injury Model of Trauma Healing
- Motivational Interviewing
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Schema Therapy
Location
Nearby Areas

Jola Dzierżyńska
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PLLC