Tzivy directs Outpatient Mental Health, School-Based and Trauma services, and oversees implementation of evidence-based practice models across programs. Tzivy is a specialist in trauma and disaster mental health, having run Crisis Counseling Programs after 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy. ย ย She has intervened in local and national disasters: floods, wildfires, and mass shootings. ย She has led Ohelโs pivot to tele mental health treatment, response to Covid and virtual psycho educational sessions that attracted tens of thousands of participants throughout the pandemic. She co-created a resilience workbook used by 10,000 children during the pandemic and was named a mental health hero during Covid by the NYC Mayorโs Office of Community Mental Health. Tzivy recently co-authored a book for preschool children, I Feel That Way and That's Okay!, and an accompanying Teacherโs Guide. ย She is bringing these resilience building resources to new communities under Ohelโs recently established Kestenbaum Family International Services for Children.
Tzivy is a licensed clinical social worker and a graduate of New York University.
