About Me

Keri Schumacher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been in private practice providing child and adolescent services since 2012. Prior to full-time private practice, Ms. Schumacher was the Project Coordinator of the Institute for Adolescent Trauma Training & Treatment at Adelphi University’s School of Social Work. The Institute, a SAMHSA-funded center within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), is focused on improving the provision of trauma-informed treatment to children and adolescents through training and workforce development. 

She has received training in evidenced-based practices in the child traumatic stress field, particularly in Psychological First Aid (PFA), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS) and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). Keri was a PFA FEMA trained Project Hope Crisis Counselor through YES Community Counseling Center in Massapequa. Additionally, she recently was a co-facilitator for the Resilience Building Workshop for Educators through Project Yonah.