Jamal Davis Neal, Jr. (He/They) is a psychotherapist and clinical social worker with a Master of Social Work from UConn School of Social Work and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. In addition to working with SYNC, Jamal is also a visiting faculty member at Bard College.
Jamal’s identities include being Black, Queer, Genderqueer, and a pantheistic American Baptist Christian. Their therapeutic approach is relational, humanistic, and person-centered. Deeply invested in one’s sense of personal integrity and becoming, he is most interested in tailoring therapy to a client’s needs, working as a supportive facilitator in a journey largely guided by the client. Jamal's therapeutic practice is deeply influenced and interconnected to his commitment to the work of healing through intimate relationship-building, collective meaning-making, and co-creation.
Jamal is trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Attachment Theory. Jamal works with people from many backgrounds and specializes in working with members of the BIPOC and QTPOC communities. Their areas of focus include identity formation, relationship issues, emerging adulthood, spiritual/religious trauma, grief processing, and academic and career-based stress.
