Zachary Shaiman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in New Jersey with a background in music, psychotherapy, and mindfulness meditation. He earned his undergraduate degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied Jazz Performance, and he brings that same creativity to his clinical work. He completed his masters degree at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in Manhattan.
His professional experience includes case management and short-term counseling, HR consulting, facilitating groups in partial care & intensive outpatient settings, and providing individual therapy for adults facing addiction, depression, and co-occurring disorders, with a particular focus on older adults.
Zac’s clinical approach is grounded in mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), helping clients make room for difficult emotions while taking meaningful action in service of their values. Additionally, after completing a Meditation Teacher Training program in 2025, Zac was certified as a mindfulness meditation teacher by renowned mindfulness instructor and Grammy-award winning songwriter David Nichtern through Dharma Moon and Tibet House (a nonprofit organization established by the Dalai Lama to preserve Tibetan spiritual traditions).
