Natalie Mena, M.S.W., LCSW-R

Natalie Mena, M.S.W., LCSW-R, is a licensed clinical social worker with more than a decade of experience providing trauma-informed psychotherapy and clinical supervision across community mental health, higher education, and private practice settings. She works primarily with adults and has extensive experience treating complex trauma, anxiety disorders, depression, substance use disorders, and severe mental illness. Trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, Ms. Mena brings a relational, psychodynamic approach to her work, grounded in supportive and culturally responsive care. Her areas of expertise include complex trauma, trauma-informed care, psychodynamic psychotherapy, anxiety disorders, depression, substance use disorders, and severe mental illness.

Ms. Mena is an experienced clinical supervisor who provides reflective, ethics-centered supervision to licensed mental health providers and has supervised and supported MSW students throughout her career. In addition to maintaining a private psychotherapy practice, she serves as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University School of Social Work, where she teaches courses in trauma and advanced clinical practice. She is licensed in New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Texas

A first-generation college graduate and Ronald E. McNair Scholar, Ms. Mena earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Development from Binghamton University (SUNY) and her Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University. She will begin the Doctorate in Clinical Social Work (DSW) program at the University of Pennsylvania in Fall 2027.

Education

• B.S., Human Development, Binghamton University (SUNY)
• M.S.S.W., Social Work, Columbia University School of Social Work
• Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
• Certificate in Sport Social Work, Alliance of Social Workers in Sports

Areas of Expertise

• Complex Trauma
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
• Anxiety Disorders
• Depression
• Substance Use Disorders
• Severe Mental Illness