About Lindsey Calder, LCSW
What brings me joy is working with individuals to reconnect and nurture loving relationships with themselves and others.
Originally from Houston, TX, I began my career before graduate school working as an in-home clinician to support parents whose children were deemed at risk of child abuse or neglect. This invaluable opportunity continues to influence every single one of my therapeutic relationships: that every person is doing the very best they can with the tools they have and that my clients are, indeed, the experts of themselves.
I work with individuals to connect them with their innermost selves - with their unique strengths, passions, and values - to live lives of greater self-understanding, resiliency, and meaningful connection.
Our minds and hearts can be overwhelming and treacherous places to explore and transform alone. I am passionate about supporting teens, parents, and adults in their efforts to live authentic, joyful, and empowered lives to end the suffering that mental illness, trauma, and life’s valleys can bring.
I received my Bachelor of Arts from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, where I fostered a love of philosophical, spiritual, and feminist studies. I worked as a bachelor’s level clinician providing in-home parenting support in a rural Texas county before receiving my Master of Social Work at Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA. My graduate education afforded me opportunities to focus my learning on psychodynamic and attachment theory and other evidence-based practices through the lens of multiculturalism and social justice. I then completed a post-graduate fellowship at The Menninger Clinic working with hospitalized children and their families. I have worked with teens, parents, families, and adults in inpatient, experiential, in-home, intensive outpatient, community mental health, and outpatient settings. I am in the process of completing Supervisor 1-3 training as a prerequisite for ACS certification.
It would be my privilege to work with you to create and embody the life and relationships you want.
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