Charlotte Malkmus
Objective
A mindful approach to psychotherapy, helping people uncover their own health and live more fully in the present.
Therapist Type
Psychotherapist
Session Format
Individual, Couple, Family
Hours
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 12:30 - 7 p.m., Thursdays, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Treatment Approach
Charlotte Malkmus brings nearly a decade of postgraduate experience as a psychotherapist to her practice, which has formed her treatment approach. She has worked as a post-9/11 crisis counselor in New York City, as a senior counselor at the Infant and Child Learning Center at Downstate Medical Center, and as a Deputy Director of Programs of The Inner Resilience Program. Charlotte has worked extensively with parents as a workshop facilitator, as group therapist for a bereavement center, and as co-founder of Mindful Moms of Brooklyn.
Clinical Approach
Strengths-focused: Whether working with individuals, couples, or families, Charlotte takes a strengths-focused approach, attending to people's inherent resilience and capacity for growth.
Mindfulness-oriented: Charlotte encourages clients to cultivate an attitude of curiosity towards their experience rather than one of judgment, inviting people to treat themselves with compassion.
Embodied: Many therapies treat people from the neck up, ignoring the body. A mindful approach includes a focus on the body and can be enormously effective in helping people cope with issues such as extreme stress and chronic pain.
Collaborative: Charlotte views the psychotherapeutic relationship as a collaborative one, and encourages honesty and regular feedback from clients.
Culturally competent: Charlotte is experienced working with people of diverse religious, ethnic, racial and socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientations.
Education
BA English, New York University, 1997
MA Contemplative Psychotherapy, Naropa University, 2002
Years in Practice
10
License
WA LH60225428
