Lana M. Ackaway, LCSW-R, CASAC

In private practice around Grand Central, social workers often hang a shingle they can bring clients to: the clear endpoint inside a service like therapy. Lana M. Ackaway, an LCSW-R and a CASAC, keeps her office here, a storefront footprint near the East Side’s busiest blocks.

Twelve minutes’ walk south lands you at 280 Madison Ave STE 711, where the quiet elevator lets out onto a corridor that splits midtown from Murray Hill. Within those four walls, sessions tackle mood disorders, life-stage transitions, and the overlap with substance-use patterns. Couples or individuals can book individual or joint slots; referrals then flow into relapse-prevention planning or grief counseling when needed.

Behavioral addictions and trauma processing surface as recurring topics, but the roster also covers parent–teen friction, workplace burnout, and managing chronic health news. Whatever lands in the room gets mapped to coping strategies that fit the client’s pace, not some pre-set menu.

Add the direct line—(917) 294-7883—to lock in a first conversation. Directions are one click away on the map: see the building’s front door. The Flatiron breeze through Park Avenue South finishes the walk better than any waiting-room decor.