Qualifications

Shanna Fishel, Founder and Manager of You Got Choices LLC is a freelance consultant, trainer/educator, and mental health clinician. Shanna’s professionalism is based on an impressive list of education and training opportunities, and a lifelong investment in personal and professional growth. To view their complete list of work experiences, education, training, and licensing, please visit their Linkedin profile. 

EDUCATION

  • Smith College: Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), Clinical Social Work (2019)
  • Haifa University, Division of Continuing Education: Program approved by American Association of Sexual Education, Counseling and Therapy (AASECT). 364 academic hours and 100 hours of practicum, focused on sexuality for people with special needs (2016)
  • Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, B.S. – Elementary Education and Natural Science and Mathematics, Minor in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, Salutatorian (2004). M.Ed in special education (2005) 

LICENSES

  • LICSW # 125188 in Massachusetts
  • AASECT License – Certified Sex Educator

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Legislative Advocacy Committee (LAC) @ National Association of Social Workers, Massachusetts Chapter, committee member
  • Restorative Practices Subcommittee member @ REAL: Racial Equity And Learning in Northampton Public Schools
  • Human Right Committee, Committee Member @ Center for Human Development (CHD)
  • Lander Grinspoon Academy Board Trustee
  • Kink Aware Professional – Service provider. National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. Upholding Your rights. Your privacy. Your Freedom.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Body Turst Groundwork Training, The Center for Body Trust: a new way of thinking about food, weight, health, bodies and healing – an alternative to the dominant weight paradigm (2023) 
  • Cultural Compentency Training (2023)
  • Trauma & Memory Workshop: Clinical Strategies to Resolve Traumatic Memories and Help Clients Reclaim Their Lives. Speaker(s): Peter Levine, PhD (2022)
  • Black Motherhood and the Invisible Burden of Race, Racism and Implicit Bias (2022)
  • Sexual and Domestic Violence, in compliance with Chapter 260 (2021)
  • The 10 Core Competencies of Trauma, PTSD, Grief & Loss (2020)
  • Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis (West), Postgraduate Fellowship Program (Nov 2019 – May 2020)
  • Emmergence of Threat and Traume as an Expected Challenge in Adult Romantic Relationships: A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy and Secure Functioning (2019)
  • Gottman Method Couple Therapy, level 3.  Seattle, WA (2018)
  • Gottman Seven Principles Program Educator, Chicago, IL (2016) 
  • The 2015 Summit: Emotion, Trauma, and DBT: Integrating Research & Intervention. Seattle, WA (2015)
  • Israeli Family Planning Association, License: “Healthy Sexuality Educator” 112 academic hours and 50 hours of practicum (2013)
  • WIZO Israel, Herzeliya, Israel “Leading New Social Order”, 120 hr. program for the advancement of leadership and entrepreneurship, (2014)
  • Circle Council Training level I, International-acclaimed program providing tools to facilitate group listening-circles (2012)