Jessica Hardial, MA,LCSW, PhD(c), (she/her/hers), is a bilingual clinical social worker who has over ten years of social work experience. She received her associate’s degree in liberal arts from CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College in 2011, then her bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology with a minor in student services and counseling from CUNY Queens College in 2013.  Shortly after, she received her master’s degree in social work from Fordham University in 2016. Jessica completed her second master’s degree in human development from Fielding Graduate University in 2021. Jessica Hardial  currently serves as an adjunct lecturer for SUNY Old Westbury & SUNY Stonybrook, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate attending Fielding Graduate University. Jessica is the founder and clinical director of Blossoming Lotus Therapy, LCSW PLLC, where she specializes in working with children, adolescents, young adults, and families. She is passionate about working with LGBTQIA+ community members and their families, the foster care and adoption population, and children of immigrants. Jessica specializes in issues surrounding trauma, anxiety, and family conflict using a somatic-oriented approach. Jessica continues to enhance the social work profession by providing supervision to graduate students and post-graduate students to enhance their clinical skills in their field of practice.