Allison Schorr
Licensed Master Social Worker
Allison Schorr
Licensed Master Social Worker
Specializing In
Trauma
Depression
Anxiety
Parenting Strategies
OCD
School Avoidance
About Allison Schorr
Allison is an experienced licensed social worker, having worked with children and adolescents of all ages. She has worked in a variety of settings, including mental health clinics, early intervention programs, preschools, day treatment centers, and family homes. Allison has extensive experience working with young children in general and many early childhood age clients having Developmental Disabilities, such as Autism.
Allison takes a highly engaging approach to therapy. She works collaboratively with clients to create individualized plans for therapy to ensure that they achieve maximum benefits from the therapy process and ultimate success. She believes therapy is not a one size fits all approach. Allison focuses on identifying individual client strengths in order to work towards goals. She provides a safe, understanding and encouraging space. Allison is warm, energetic, and humorous. She will provide you with the support, guidance and the tools needed to make effective change.
Allison received training from Columbia University School of Social Work. She was trained in clinical work with a specialty in Family, Youth and Children studies. She has received training in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), DAYC-2 Developmental Assessment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Advanced Trauma Treatment, and Strengths Based Perspectives.
Allison enjoys trying new restaurants, eating french fries and spending time with her orange cat, Roarie!
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.
Exposure Therapy
Exposure therapy is an evidence-based behavioral approach used to help children and teens with anxiety disorders. It involves focusing on the source of anxiety without the threat of danger or harm. Through repeated exposure and practice, this helps children and teens overcome their anxiety and embrace new experiences.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a way to help children and teens slow down their thinking so they can pay more attention to their thoughts and notice what they are doing. This is the opposite of rushing or balancing many tasks at once. Instead, children and adolescents learn to take their time and become intuned with their surroundings. Mindfulness can be thought of as a relaxation strategy to help a child stay calm under stress, avoid becoming upset too easily, slow dow instead of rushing, be more patient, listen and get along better with others, pay attentio and be less distracted, and feel happier doing everyday activities. Being mindful is a great skills that allows children to feel less stressed and experience more joy.
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
Allison is available for virtual therapy appointments with children and adolescents on Mondays through Thursdays in the afternoons and evenings.
Costs
Sign up online 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. Contact us to find out how much you can save on the cost of therapy by using your benefits.
Schedule an Appointment Today
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.
Cancellation Policy
It is important to attend appointments consistently in order to see the best results. We understand that our clients sometimes need to cancel their appointments. Please let us know if you are unable to keep your appointment. You will be charged the full fee if the session is not canceled with at least 24 hours notice. If you have any questions about our policy, we would be happy to provide more information.
