Molly Alexander
Licensed Master Social Worker
Molly Alexander
Licensed Master Social Worker
Specializing In
Trauma
Depression
Anxiety
Parenting Strategies
OCD
School Avoidance
About Molly Alexander
Molly Alexander, LMSW, is a warm and attuned therapist who works with children and parents in New York. She earned her Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University and her Master’s in Early Childhood General and Special Education from Bank Street College of Education. She has 15 years of experience supporting children and families in preschools and community-based organizations.
Molly specializes in anxiety, trauma, early childhood emotional development, and parenting challenges. She has advanced training in play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, parent communication skills, trauma-informed care, and emotionally responsive practice. She also has experience facilitating parent support groups and working collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams to support the individual needs of children.
She has worked closely with families within immigrant and refugee services within special education services. Molly is passionate about supporting the needs of all children and parents.
Molly takes a strengths-based approach to therapy, organized around honoring lived experience and affirming each person’s agency to make change. She values the dignity and worth of all people, and prioritizes creating a safe and responsive therapeutic relationship rooted in empathy, respect, and understanding.
In her spare time, Molly likes to enjoy nature, make pottery, and spend quality time with her family and friends.
Training & Techniques
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT is an evidence-based approach to treating anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It has also been demonstrated to be effective in treating depression. CBT helps children and teens analyze and reduce negative thoughts that lead to unhelpful thinking and behavior in order to promote more positive thoughts and experiences.
Play Therapy
Play Therapy is an evidence-based approach used to help children who struggle to express themselves. It can be used to treat children and adolescents on the autism spectrum, as well as those experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and physical or learning disabilities. Play therapy can also help children with difficulty socializing or experiencing trouble at school. Using toys and other tools, children learn to express their thoughts and emotions in a way that fosters more positive experiences.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing is a therapeutic technique used to establish rapport with children and adolescents and used to encourage positive behavioral changes. The goal is to help children convince themselves they should, can, and will change. It emphasize the importance of finding internal motivation to change thoughts and behaviors to promote positive experiences. Instead of convincing children to “want to change,” they become aware of their need to make changes in their life to experience success.
Strength-Based Perspective
A Strength-Based Perspective emphasizes the child’s strengths instead of focusing on what is “wrong.” The child or teen’s strengths are viewed as important skills and resources that can be utilized to help them overcome obstacles. Using this perspective, children are viewed in terms of what they can do instead of what they can’t. This is very important in helping children and adolescents overcome depression and anxiety as they learn how to manage difficulties by using their strengths and learning new skills to help them be most successful.
Availability
Molly is available for in-person and virtual therapy appointments with children and adolescents on Mondays and Wednesdays in the afternoons and evenings.
Costs
Ready to sign up for a 45-minute child or adolescent therapy appointment? Registration only takes a few minutes. You will receive intake forms to sign and directions for attending the appointment.
Do you have out-of-network health insurance benefits? Many commercial and employer PPO health insurance plans do. Find out how much you can save on the cost of therapy by using your benefits.
Schedule a Free Consultation Today
Book a complimentary call where we will discuss what is holding your child back and our process for helping them achieve happiness and fulfillment.
Courageous Kids Counseling is an out of network (OON) group practice. As such, fees are due at the time of service. We are happy to help you submit for reimbursement from your out of network benefits. We accept a variety of payment methods, including cash, check, debit card, and credit card, health savings accounts, and flexible health care spending accounts.
