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Dina Pasalis is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Cambridge, MA, a five-minute walk from Harvard Square T stop (Red Line).
Dina has expertise in life transitions, social identity issues, anxiety and depression. She works with individuals and couples. In her private practice, she sees teenagers and adults, with a focus on college students and professionals. In addition, Dina is deeply committed to working with clients struggling with the impacts of structural oppression such as racism and sexism.
Psychodynamically trained, Dina incorporates treatment approaches that are relevant and meaningful to each client, including Internal Family Systems and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. Certified in Kripalu Yoga, she approaches clients with an engaged heart and deep respect for the bodies role in healing emotional wounds.
Dina received her Master's Degree from The Smith School for Social Work and her BA from Princeton University. She earned an MBA from the University of Michigan (now the Ross School of Business) and spent nearly a decade working at a Fortune 100 company.
Life transitions - Adjusting to college, new relationships, career transitions and direction; mid-life existential, relationship, and career challenges; losing one’s drive or burn out; learning self-care
Existential questions - Questioning purpose, spirituality, existence; finding one’s path and voice, especially when it differs from society's expectations
Social identity issues - Navigating the impact of privilege and oppression for identities including race, class, religion, age, ability, and immigration status
Racial identity - Exploring topics of racial, cultural, and ethnic background as it relates to one’s family origins and personal identity
Women's issues - Expertise in working with adult women; providing a safe and understanding space to address life challenges and promote physical and mental health
Anxiety - Generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks
Depression - Sleep and energy disruption, overall mood disturbance, inability to enjoy yourself, and difficulty being motivated, amongst many other symptoms
Couples counseling - Improving communication and problem solving skills with couples from all gender and sexual identities
Gender and sexuality - Includes coming out, relating to others, identifying and communicating needs, relationships, and family issues
Trauma - Dealing with domestic violence, past sexual assault, childhood trauma, environmental trauma
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"It is with great pleasure that I provide Dina Pasalis my strongest possible endorsement. Dina thoughtfully and powerfully addresses clinical challenges by combining technical innovations with the knowledge, values, and practices of local communities that have often been disproportionately affected by mental illness. She is passionate, honest and thoughtful of the complex interactions between the natural and cultural world and within this nexus Dina shares her significant knowledge and experiences in psychotherapy freely. She is creative, moving, expressive, humorous, and spirited. Dina has excellent insight and possesses rigorous analytical decision making abilities that have supported her approach to psychotherapy. She has not only excelled at the specific task of moving forward initiatives for healing, but has become a force that supports and brings excellence to our community of psychotherapists. Dina’s perspective is holistic and grand, simplistically beautiful but mindfully complex and approaches clients with kindness, compassion, expertise and support. In sum, the experience both in knowledge and practice that Dina brings is nothing short of inspiring."
- Fernando Ona, PhD, MPH, MSW, LCSW • December 2019"I would recommend Dina without reservation. Dina possesses a remarkable capacity to fully engage both her mind and heart in her interactions with clients. She is insightful and warm, trustworthy in her capacity to be involved with, and accepting of, the full range of human emotion and experience. She is open, collaborative, deeply respectful, and attuned to both the common experience and the uniqueness of her clients. She is genuinely committed to the work and value of therapy."
- Ann Bitetti, Psychotherapist • December 2019