Morgan Helding
Licensed Master Social Worker
Morgan Helding
Licensed Master Social Worker
Specializing In
Trauma
Depression
Anxiety
School Refusal
OCD
Phobias
About Morgan Helding
Morgan is a Licensed Master Social Worker with exerience working with children, teens, and adults from diverse backgrounds, including many youth in foster care. She has provided therapeutic services in mental health clinics, hospitals, and schools, and has worked in a crisis center helping individuals experiencing homicidal and suicidal ideation.
Morgan enjoys building strong relationships with her clients by getting to know them and helping them feel safe. She provides a calm and caring presence and meets her clients wherever they are on their path towards healing. Morgan provides empathetic listening, collaborative problem solving, and skill building that is customized to the needs of each individual. She enjoys working with youth and families with a strength-based approach in order to deepen relationships and address mental health needs.
Morgan received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois – Chicago with a concentration in Mental Health. She received additional training in Evidence-based Practices specific to adolescents and transition age youth, as well as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, ASIST Suicide Prevention, and Sand Tray Therapy.
When Morgan is not spending time with her kids, she can be found trying new recipes in the kitchen, exploring the outdoors, or playing with her cat, Meatball.
Training & Techniques
Tap on one of the tabs below to learn more about the training and certification.
- CBT
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- ASIST Suicide Prevention
- Sand Tray Therapy
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.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
TF-CBT is an evidence-based approach to treating trauma-related difficulties including PTSD, by addressing negative thoughts that the child or adolescent experiences. TF-CBT helps children alter innacurate beliefs that lead to unhealthy behaviors and identify healtier ways to respond to situations. Parents also participate in this approach to learn how to communicate around sensitive topics and help their child manage stress. Both the child and parent are integral to the success of TF-CBT to help the child manage stress and learn positive coping strategies.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution-focused brief therapy is a strengths based approach that emphasizes how positive behaivoral attributes can be applied to help children and teens overcome difficulties such as depression, anxiety, and trauma. It focuses on how life will be without the problem the child is experiencing. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy can be applied as a short term approach to help the child set realistic goals and promote positive outcomes and 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.
ASIST Suicide Prevention
ASIST is a therapeutic training in suicide first aid to recognize appropriate approaches and responses when a child, adolescent, or adult may be experiencing suicidal thoughts. It emphasizes identifying the help and support available to those experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings.
Sand Tray Therapy
Sand Tray Therapy is an evidence-based play therapy approach 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. Sand Tray Therapy can also help children with difficulties 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.
Availability
Morgan is available for in-person therapy appointments in Nyack, New York on Saturday mornings and Wednesday afternoons.
Costs
Sign up online for a 45-minute child or adolescent therapy appointment. Registration only takes a few minutes. You will then 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.
