Arti Patel has been working in the field of social work/mental health since 2003. Arti attended Rutgers University in New Jersey, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Social Work in 2005. She has been a master’s-level clinician since 2008 and received her Master of Social Work Degree from Yeshiva University in New York City. She has worked in a number of different settings, including schools, outpatient substance use treatment, private practice mental health, residential treatment centers, and inpatient psychiatric units. She has a passion for the adolescent population and their families. Arti especially enjoys facilitating psychotherapy groups and is creative in this area.
Arti is trained in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, family systems, child attachment, trauma-informed care, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Her special areas of interest are in psychodynamic therapy, adoption, attachment, mentalizing, and grief/loss. Arti’s philosophy on therapy comes from a humanistic approach with the idea that anyone can work through and feel a range of emotions without having to suppress them. Arti comes from a place of cultural humility and holds the belief that addressing cultural diversity and race in psychotherapy is important work in order to develop a higher standard of care in this area.
