Damara Israel, LCSW, LISW-CP

Damara Israel is a New York licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of practice as an LCSW and as an LISW-CP. She works with adults facing life changes, career struggles, addiction concerns, grief, and anger. She also addresses family and parenting-related stress and the everyday strain that comes from those roles.

Damara helps people name the specific problems that feel overwhelming. She focuses on communication skills, managing impulsivity, and reducing isolation. Sessions include practical strategies and straightforward talk about what is getting in the way of feeling more steady.

Her work draws on methods from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness. She uses these approaches to teach coping tools, reshape unhelpful thought patterns, and build routines that reduce reactivity. Progress often looks like clearer choices and more consistent habits rather than quick fixes.

Damara brings a trauma-informed and culturally responsive perspective to sessions. That means she pays attention to past harms and to how culture shapes a person’s experience. She aims to help people understand how those factors affect decisions, emotions, and relationships.

People often come to her when they are shifting jobs, caring for aging relatives, recovering from loss, or trying to repair everyday family tensions. Her focus is on practical change - clearer communication, better emotional regulation, and more workable daily routines.

How her approaches translate to online work