Dr. AUDREY FRESHMAN, Ph.D, LCSW, CASAC is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in trauma, substance abuse, and family relations.   Since 1985, she has helped to guide parents, families, couples, and adolescents towards recovery and its aftermath. She has published extensively on . addiction in the Jewish community.


Dr. Freshman has a private practice  located in Rockville Centre, New York where she specializes in the individual and family counseling of adults and adolescents.  She can be reached at 516 678-2549 or Afresh314@gmail.com.  She is specially trained in conducting substance abuse interventions.

Dr. Freshman completed her Doctorate in Social Work from New York University in 2009.  She received her Masters in Social Work from Columbia University in 1979 and her B.A. cum laude from New York University in 1975.  She has been a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor since 1985.


Dr. Freshman developed the family-based model of treatment of chemical dependency at Tempo Group, Inc. a NYS OASAS agency located on Long Island, New York.  As Associate Director she continues to bring contemporary thinking to the organization to enhance programming and  treatment for clients and their families.


Dr. Freshman is currently an Adjunct Professor and lectures on adolescence and substance abuse at NYU Silver School of Social Work Post Masters Certificate Program in the Addictions.  She developed the curriculum for training in chemical dependency for Hofstra University where she taught courses in the Graduate Department of Marital/Family counseling.


Since its inception in 1999, Dr. Freshman has been  the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Practice of Social Work in the Addictions. She has published extensively on the subjects of adolescence, trauma and addiction. She has made numerous workshop presentations on these topics and is well-versed in addressing the risk factors and treatment of addiction.


In 2003, Dr. Freshman appeared on The John Walsh Show as an "expert guest" to discuss methamphetamine addiction in women.


As a child of a Holocaust survivor, Dr. Freshman is attuned to the issues of trauma and addiction within the Jewish community.  She completed her doctoral dissertation on the intergenerational transmission of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and its relation to substance abuse amongst adult children of Holocaust survivors. 

Recently, Dr. Freshman has become involved with survivors of the Madoff Ponzi scheme.  She coordinates an online  emotional support group that can be reached at http://groups.google.com/group/madoffsupportgroup.  She has offered Long Island Support Groups for Madoff Victims and was featured in a July 2009 article appearing in The Jewish Week.

 For more information and referrals please call 516 678-2549 or email Afresh314@gmail.com

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