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Ainsley Rinkerman, LSW, LMSW
Licensed Social Worker
Expertise:
Ainsley’s background spans clinical and community-based practice, group facilitation, teaching, and program coordination. She brings a trauma-informed, harm-reduction lens to DUI psychoeducation and substance-use treatment, with hands-on experience in motivational interviewing (MI) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. She values clarity, dignity, and collaboration—showing up for clients in moments of crisis while building practical, strengths-based plans for change.
Title:
Primary Therapist
Education:
MSW, NYU Silver School of Social Work (GPA 4.0) — NYU Student of the Year; Adaptive Leadership Fellow
About Ainsley Rinkerman, LSW, LMSW
Ainsley believes in being useful, real, and relentless about doing what’s right—whether advocating behind the scenes, stepping in during a crisis, or re-examining “standard” practices. She prizes competence, compassion, equity, and healthy boundaries, and gravitates to work that invites curiosity, humor, accountability, and team learning.
Experience
Ainsley has supported court-referred clients, individuals in recovery, and college communities across New Jersey and New York. Her work blends direct clinical care, psychoeducation, and systems-level leadership development.
Education
Degrees
- MSW, NYU Silver School of Social Work (4.0 GPA)
- BA, Psychology (Minor: Political Science), Fairleigh Dickinson University — Summa Cum Laude (3.98 GPA)
- AS, Human Services – Pre-Social Work & Counseling, Passaic County Community College — Highest Honors (3.96 GPA)
Specialized Training & Focus Areas
- Trauma-Informed Care & Harm-Reduction approaches
- DUI psychoeducation & state-mandated programming
- Motivational Interviewing (MI) and DBT skills application
- Systems Thinking, Stakeholder Analysis & Adaptive Leadership (Fellowship)
Honors & Awards
- NYU Student of the Year (NY State Society for Clinical Social Work, Rockland Chapter)
- Cara Haefner Scholarship (NYU)
- Human Services Academic Excellence Award (Passaic County Community College)
- Career & Technical Education (CTE) Scholar (Horatio Alger Association)
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