About Taharka Sankara
Taharka Sankara, MSW, LCSW, LCADC, is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor, and the founder and managing member of Counseling Support Services in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. The practice offers youth, individual, family and parent counseling for disruptive behavior, depression, anxiety, anger, mood disorders, parent-child conflict and traumatic stress, delivered in the office, in the home and in the community. His approach draws on lived experience alongside clinical training, and the practice describes its work as culturally responsive. Medicaid is accepted.
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Black patients and Therapy (LCSW)
Black LCSW therapists: talk therapy grounded in social-work training. LCSWs are the largest group of mental health providers and often more accessible.
Licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs) are the largest category of mental-health providers in the U.S. and are often the most accessible: shorter waitlists, more insurance panels, and more Black representation than psychology or psychiatry. LCSWs are master's-trained clinicians who provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy. Their training emphasizes social context, including family systems, economic stress, racism, and access to resources, in addition to standard CBT, DBT, and trauma modalities.
Black Americans are more likely to see a social worker as their first mental-health contact (SAMHSA, 2023), making LCSWs a frontline resource for the community.
Common reasons to see an LCSW
- Anxiety and depression
- Relationship, couples, and family conflict
- Grief, divorce, life transitions
- Workplace stress and burnout
- Trauma therapy (many LCSWs are EMDR or IFS trained)
- Parenting support
Advocacy prompts
- What modalities are you trained in, and which do you use with clients like me?
- How do you handle racial trauma or identity-based stress?
- What's your cancellation and between-session contact policy?
How this listing was verified
Every provider in this directory self-identifies as Black or is listed by a self-identifying professional organization, and licensure or credentials are checked before a listing goes live.
- State licensing board License check Source recorded Oct 2026
- CMS NPI Registry License check NPI 1043553829 recorded Oct 2026
- Provider self-claim Self-identification recorded Oct 2026
Frequently asked questions
Where is Taharka Sankara's practice located?
Taharka Sankara practices at 97 Apple St Ste 3, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724. Phone: 848-315-3235.
Does Taharka Sankara offer telehealth?
Taharka Sankara sees patients in person at their listed office.
What does a Therapy (LCSW) treat?
Black LCSW therapists: talk therapy grounded in social-work training. LCSWs are the largest group of mental health providers and often more accessible.
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Danielle Jenkins, LCSW-S
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