Jessica C. Lief, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of substance use disorders, eating disorders, body image issues, trauma, and grief and loss.  Jessica completed psychoanalytic training through the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology in the Eating Disorders, Compulsions, and Addictions (EDCAS) Program. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy by the EMDR Institute and is trained and licensed through The Body Positive Institute to facilitate group and individual work with The Body Positive Model.  She also completed foundations-level training in Narrative Therapy through the Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy.

Jessica earned her undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College with a concentration in literature, nonfiction writing, and French.  She earned a master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice in Social Work from New York University.  She also earned a Master of Studies in Law with a concentration in Health Law from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.