What Is Clinical Social Work?
Clinical social work services at CPTWC supports the social, emotional, and mental well-being of both the children, and their families. By utilizing a client-centered, and relationship-based approach, our clinical social workers strive to foster emotional safety, and functional emotional development. Through a holistic lens, clinical social work will help families identify stressors to best understand where behaviors stem from and meet them where they’re at.
This can address areas such as: challenging family dynamics, social skills, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, behavioral concerns, major life changes/transitions, trauma, poor self-esteem, and challenges within the school environment. Social work will offer individual sessions, family sessions, group therapy, parent consultations and advocacy, collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and school staff. Our social workers will implement a variety of evidence-based practices which are rooted in a rich understanding of children in the context of their families, communities, and cultural identities. Examples of evidence-based practices include cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, play-based therapy, art-based interventions, safety planning, and crisis intervention. Please refer to our website to access a list of resources to help you feel connected within your community.
Services Provided:
- Biopsychosocial assessments
- Individual therapy
- Family therapy
- Parent consults
- Social Emotional Groups
- Art therapy groups
- Parent support groups
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Liaison with outside providers and school staff
Targeted Areas:
- Enrich parent-child connection
- Develop social skills
- Build positive peer relationships
- Create and explore healthy coping mechanisms
- Ongoing child advocacy
- School based interventions
- Provide resources within the community
Conditions Treated:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- ADHD
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- School difficulties
- Parenting concerns
- Family conflict
- Grief/loss
- Trauma
- Poor self esteem
- Difficulty with peer or family relationships
Hannah Scher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 5 years of experience specializing in working with children, adolescents, and their families. She received her bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and her master’s degree in social work from Jane Addams School of Social Work (UIC). Hannah’s therapy approach is relationship-based and person-centered, as she believes a solid relationship is foundational to social-emotional development. Her method to treatment is through a holistic and trauma-informed lens to support individuals, identify and understand their emotions, emotionally process their experiences, and develop healthy coping strategies.
She incorporates a variety of treatment modalities into sessions such as play-based therapy, art-based interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness. Hannah strongly believes there is not a ‘one-sized fits all’ therapeutic approach, therefore, each session and treatment plan will be carefully curated to fit the needs of the individual’s profile. She has experience advocating and supporting individuals within the LGBTQ+ community, with developmental disabilities, and/or mental health diagnoses such as anxiety, depression, adjustment disorder, grief/loss, and trauma. She has experience providing this support in settings such as outpatient pediatric clinics, therapeutic schools, inpatient care, and through private practice.
Contact Us
When a family is struggling, we are available to be there with the family through the first or the last steps of hope, through the grief, the loss, and the times of extreme illness or injury. If you are ready to discuss social work options for your child and are interested in learning more about our services, call us today at 773-672-7775 or email us at info@cptwc.com for more information or to schedule an assessment.