Ms. Alexa Glazer, Clinical Social Worker (she/her)
With a decade of experience treating children, adolescents, and adults, Alexa Glazer is an engaging and intentional clinician. Alexa specializes in supporting adolescent clients presenting with anxiety symptoms, behavioral issues, social difficulties, and concerns around self-esteem, adjustment, and identity development. She has substantial experience collaborating with parents, schools, and multidisciplinary teams, including serving as a Multisystemic Therapist (MST) for at-risk youth and their families. Alexa holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the Catholic University of America and a BA from the University of Virginia.
Alexa takes an individualized, collaborative approach to therapy that draws on evidence-based practices to help clients build coping skills, enhance communication, strengthen relationships, and navigate difficult transitions as they learn to put their negative thoughts on trial, develop mindfulness strategies, and tolerate difficult emotions. In the therapy room, Alexa employs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) concepts while maintaining a relational framework that considers the whole person in their unique environment. She also integrates skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to tailor treatment to each client’s needs. Alexa enjoys working with families to strengthen parent-child relationships, employing evidence-based strategies from Circle of Security Parenting (COSP). Finally, with 5 years’ experience in a University Counseling Center, Alexa is deeply invested in supporting the college age population in navigating their transitions and successes.
Apart from work, Alexa enjoys dancing—both with her toddler and in ballet & tap class—playing board games with friends, rock climbing with her husband, reading fantasy novels, and all things cinema.