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I’m Alex. I am a licensed independent clinical social worker (she/her/hers pronouns) based in Bethesda, Maryland. I have a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and a Master’s degree in Social Work (with a concentration in Mental Health) from Washington University in St. Louis. I’ve been practicing social work for ten years now, and my professional experience includes working in foster care and adoption settings (both policy and advocacy work, and direct clinical work with kids, teens and families), high school and college counseling centers, and hospitals. My therapeutic style is integrative, meaning I pull from different modalities depending on what is needed and desired by my clients (including but not limited to cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction, narrative therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy). 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