Mrs. Malka Shaw, LCSW

Malka Shaw, LCSW has experience relevant to targeted violence and threat prevention through her trauma-focused clinical background, crisis-response work, and her education and consultation on the psychology of hate, indoctrination, and radicalization. Her work supports prevention by strengthening early recognition, de-escalation capacity, psychological safety, and coordinated response practices within organizations. Descriptions of duties, responsibilities, and experience related to targeted violence and threat prevention include: Providing training and professional development for clinicians, schools, healthcare settings, and workplaces on the psychological mechanisms that fuel propaganda, indoctrination, and radicalization, and how these dynamics can increase risk for harassment, intimidation, and hate-motivated violence. Consulting with leaders and helping professionals on trauma-informed responses to threatening or escalating behavior, including communication strategies that reduce escalation, documentation practices, and clear reporting pathways, with attention to protecting targeted individuals and maintaining organizational stability. Supporting psychological safety and resilience-building within teams and communities to reduce isolation, polarization, grievance amplification, and other risk-elevating dynamics, while strengthening protective factors and appropriate help-seeking. Crisis-response experience following 9/11 with the Red Cross and FEMA, including support and clinical debriefing for first responders and essential personnel, informing her approach to post-incident stabilization, recovery, and systems-level readiness. Early career work in domestic violence services (NYANA), strengthening her foundation in safety planning, risk awareness, and the psychological dynamics that can precede interpersonal harm. She is not a law enforcement threat assessor; her role is prevention-oriented education, consultation, and capacity-building that complements organizational threat management and targeted violence prevention efforts.