Interview with Irene Dashiell – Celebrating Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month

We are still highlighting the month of March for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, so here is another episode to highlight a super special woman, Irene Dashiell, LCSW. Irene is a licensed social worker who works in our community running her own counseling practice to help the disability community. She herself also lives with a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy.

In this episode, she shares:

She is an incredible woman with an amazing story to share so I hope you enjoy listening in!

How to find Irene:

Website: https://www.hopebeginsherepsychotherapy.com

Phone: 631-289-8765

FB: Hope Begins Here Psychotherapy

IG: @idashiellrlcsw

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Christine Astarita

Certified TheraSuit Therapist at Breakthrough Intensive Physical Therapy
Christine received her honor’s Bachelor’s degree in Biology in 2011 from Richard Stockton University located in New Jersey. She then earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy through their accelerated program and graduated in 2013. In 2015, she became certified in the TheraSuit Method.

She discovered her passion for the neurologic pediatric and adult population during her clinical affiliation at a special services school in Cape May, New Jersey. She is an active member of the APTA and continues to take post-graduate course work related to treatment methods for neurological diagnoses.