About me:
“…a psychotherapist and an actor are much the same thing.” Wallace Shawn to actor/therapist ZELIK S. MINTZ, LCSW, CCH
For the first few decades of my working life, I was an actor – predominantly for stage – and singer in musicals and sometimes in a band setting. I’ve been an Actor’s Equity member since the early 80’s. When the instability of the lifestyle finally took its toll, I had to ask myself, “if I weren’t an actor, what else would fulfill me? What else might I have a passion for?”
Being a therapist, helping people. After all, I was seemingly always the person others would seek out for advice, the person someone would come out of the closet with, the person from whom many would ask for relationship advice. When I came to the crossroads of putting my theater career on an extended hiatus and becoming a therapist, the daunting realization of returning to academia filled me with fear. But, I thought it time to finally get properly schooled in all the advice I’d been dispensing all my life. I’m an unconventional person, who has lived an unconventional life. I was a full-time actor/singer before I switched gears to become a therapist. (You’d be amused by how much these two professions intersect!) I still have an occasional obligation to that part of my life, but because of the advent of the Virtual Practice, I can do therapy from anywhere.
This is a second career for me, and all that means is, I’m old….er. But, I’m a pretty cool older, and I have a really groovy (did I mention, I’m old?) office, that one can enjoy virtually, or in person.
Your choice.
To book your free introductory session, to see if it’s a good fit for us to work together, please call the office: (845) 758-0563.
