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Max Aaron MS, LMSW, LBA-LP
Psychotherapist & Behavioral SpecialistAbout Me: Growth, healing, and meaningful change happen in a space where you feel genuinely understood, respected, and equipped with tools that hold up in daily life. As a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with advanced training in Applied Behavior Analysis, addiction counseling, and social-emotional learning, I offer an authentic, nonjudgmental environment designed to help individuals, children, and families untangle complex challenges and move forward with confidence.My clinical approach pairs deep empathy with practical, evidence-based problem-solving. Whether you are managing debilitating anxiety, navigating depression, working through relationship and community pressures within the Orthodox Jewish world, or helping your child build confidence with peers, our work centers on your values, your strengths, and real-world relief.Under the supervsion of Dr. Katherine Aloisi, PsyD
Areas of Focus & Specialties:
● Anxiety & Depression: Targeted, compassionate care for chronic worry, panic, social anxiety, emotional fatigue, and low mood. We combine cognitive and behavioral tools with practical regulation strategies to break overwhelming cycles, re-engage with daily life, and restore emotional vitality.● Orthodox Jewish Community & Cultural Navigation: Culturally attuned therapy addressing the unique nuances, expectations, and pressures of Orthodox life. Whether you are balancing intense community and family expectations, working through dating and marital stress, exploring your personal relationship to observance, or navigating complex transitions, you will find a culturally fluent, nuanced space where you don’t have to explain the language or norms.● Religious Trauma & Deconstruction: Specialized support for individuals processing the emotional and psychological impacts of high-control religious environments or spiritual distress. Together, we address chronic guilt, fear, isolation, and identity renegotiation, helping you reclaim autonomy and set healthy boundaries on your own terms.● Children’s Social Skills & Youth Behavioral Support: Strengths-based, actionable coaching for children and teens facing peer challenges, social cues, impulsivity, or school stress. Using structured social-emotional learning (SEL) and behavioral principles, we break social interactions into concrete, practiced habits that build genuine peer confidence and reduce friction.● Substance Use Support & Recovery: Compassionate care meeting you wherever you are in your relationship with substances. Using a harm reduction and behavioral framework, we focus on identifying root emotional triggers, reshaping routines, and establishing adaptive, sustainable coping mechanisms that fit your life.
Insurance I Accept:
Aetna
Carelon
Northwell
Oxford
United Healthcare
About The Practice
Our Mission
AT APPLE PSYCHOLOGICAL, we provide the ENTIRE FAMILY SYSTEM with high quality, integrated, mental health care. We offer our patients a safe, non-judgmental space where they can explore and achieve their optimal mental health and well-being.When we make one small change to a family system, other changes will follow.We strive to gain the trust and respect of our patients, their families, and our community in an effort to create positive change, insight, and fulfillment in those we serve.In person sessions available in Roslyn, Long Island.
Late night sessions and telehealth sessions in New York Available
● Education: Master of Social Work (MSW), Daemen University; Master of Science in
Applied Behavior Analysis, Martinsburg College; Bachelor of Science in Psychology,
Excelsior University.
● Licensure & Credentials: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW #131894), New York State;
Licensed Behavior Analyst Limited Permit (NYS LBA-LP); CASEL Certified in
Social-Emotional Learning; credentialing coursework in alcoholism and substance abuse counseling (CASAC-T track).
● Clinical Experience: Extensive work across community counseling centers, OASAS
clinics, yeshiva/day school environments, and specialized youth and respite programs
throughout New York.
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