About

Klara “Nat” Granger, LCSW

Nat started Mosaic Mental Health of Schenectady in 2020. She utilizes the pronouns she/her. She has worked in the mental health field since 2014, when she graduated with her MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work.

Nat also has experience working in medical social work, psychiatric social work, educational and advocacy social work, and outpatient mental health treatment. Her ongoing interests include: the LGBTQIA+ community; racial and economic justice; the Health at Every Size movement; social issues of individuals with visible and invisible disabilities; music therapy; treatment of trauma; and group psychotherapy. She is committed to advancing greater access to mental health treatment, and increasing the accessibility of quality mental health training for the next generation of clinicians. Among her many personal interests, she loves hiking, fiction, poetry, folk music and classical music.

Passionate about evidence-based practice, Nat has completed SIFI Certification (Fordham University, 2017-2018), Comprehensive Training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (Behavioral Tech Inc., 2016-2017), a Mini Fellowship in Aging Populations (Stanford University Medical School, 2015), specialized training in substance abuse counseling (CCMS Inc. 2013-2015), specialized training in Mental Health with Aging Populations (Boston University, 2013-2014), and she also has obtained a Guided Autobiography Instructor Certification (The Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies 2011-2012). She has formerly held a credential as a Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Use Counselor (CASAC) from 2017 to 2020.

In 2019, Nat started pursuing certification in EMDR through the EMDR International Association, and has completed certification as a certified EMDR clinician.

She regularly seeks out supplemental training far above and beyond state credentialing requirements and requirements for maintaining membership in EMDRIA. Nat’s future goals include obtaining a doctoral degree in social work, and collaboration on community projects to increase access to mental health treatment to low-income patients in the Capital Region. She is passionate about advancing access to high quality EMDR, and about supporting clinicians from under-represented communities in obtaining EMDR training and certification.