JR, LSW Candidate

About JR, LSW Candidate

JR is a behavioral and social emotional coach. He is currently a clinical trainee completing his Masters in Social Work at Stony Brook University. He specializes in working with children, parents, adolescents, and adults working through social-emotional adjustment and emotion regulation challenges. 

JR helps his clients write a new narrative by incorporating Functional Behavioral Analysis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques, and mindfulness into his practice. JR has a supportive, client-centered approach that integrates therapy into the client’s life as a sounding board for overall wellness. He helps clients to discover new tools to deal with everyday stress and recognize the tools that they already have. 

He draws on his own life experience as a parent of teens and his past work experience in corporate, non-profit, and freelance settings as a team member and leader. 

Education & Background

I am currently a clinical trainee completing my Masters in Social Work at Stony Brook University.