Andrew Chestnut, LCSW, MBA

Andy received his MSW from the State University of New York at Albany and has completed a post graduate residency. Andy also holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, and spent many years in corporate life before deciding to begin a new career centered on helping people.

Andy works with individuals, couples, and adolescents and their families – with particular attention to the impact of work/life issues on critical relationships. Andy works from the systems perspective and believes that therapeutic change involves developing an understanding of how the existing system works - and then helping people get their needs met in ways which feel better and work better for themselves and those who are important to them.

At Samaritan, Andy is part of the Couples Team and the Clergy Team. Andy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as a certified hypnotherapist through the National Guild of Hypnotists. 

Practicing Locations:

• Scotia
• Schenectady