4466 Results forSocial Workers near Lexington, MA
Learn more about Social Workers and how to choose the right one for you
Learn more about Social Workers
A social worker specializes in helping individuals, couples, families and groups tackle many kinds of problems and situations. Social workers work within the context of a person’s environment and life situation. They help people cope with and overcome the challenges of psychological problems, serious illnesses, social and economic problems, life crises and transitions, and difficulties in school, work and relationships.
There are two general types of social workers, direct-service social workers and clinical social workers. Clinical social workers are healthcare professionals who diagnose and treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. A clinical social worker is also known as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW).
In contrast, direct-service social workers do not diagnose or treat disorders, but work to help people with an illness or otherwise difficult situation cope and achieve their goals. Direct-service social workers identify a client’s needs, strengths, goals and challenges; make plans to help a client improve coping skills and quality of life; and follow up with clients to assess their progress and the effectiveness of plans. A direct-service social worker may be known as a licensed social worker (LSW) in states that require licensure.
The practice of a social worker varies depending on if he or she is a direct-service social worker or a clinical social worker, his or her education and specialty, and the type of setting and client. In general, a social worker may:
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Assess a client’s needs, challenges, support systems, and resources
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Identify or diagnose mental and emotional disorders and life challenges. A LCSW diagnoses and treats mental, emotional and behavioral disorders with therapy.
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Develop treatment or action plans to help clients, and re-evaluate and modify plans as needed
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Help a client access needed resources and organizations
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Advocate for a client
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Provide individual, group, family, and couples or marriage counseling
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Teach and support strategies for behavior changes, coping skills, and therapeutic techniques, such as breathing techniques and the use of visual imagery
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Collaborate, refer and consult with other professionals, such as psychiatrists, teachers and psychologists
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Maintain strict patient confidentiality, unless patients are at risk of hurting themselves or others or the provider has a legal obligation to share information
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Commit patients involuntarily in emergency situations
Social workers may also be known by the following names: direct-service social worker, licensed social worker (LSW), clinical social worker, licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), child social worker, therapist, or counselor.
There are 4466 specialists practicing Social Work in Lexington, MA with an overall average rating of 3.9 stars. There are 14 hospitals near Lexington, MA with affiliated Social Work specialists, including Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham And Women's Hospital.
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John Northridge, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work22 High StWaltham, MA 024535.5 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Gail Marsh, MSW
Specialty: Social Work2557 Massachusetts AveCambridge, MA 021405.6 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
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Find a Telehealth DoctorJudith Goldberg, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work2557 Massachusetts AveCambridge, MA 021405.6 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
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Robert Amos, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work1234 BroadwaySomerville, MA 021445.6 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Amy Hadley, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work1234 BroadwaySomerville, MA 021445.6 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Ella Bitman, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work9 Mudge WayBedford, MA 017304.4 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Alicia Mahony, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work186 Alewife Brook PkwyCambridge, MA 021385.7 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Zinah Abukhalil-Quinonez, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work2464 Massachusetts Ave Ste 313Cambridge, MA 021405.7 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Daria Medwid, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work38 Colonial AveNewtonville, MA 024605.8 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Donna Weintraub, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work38 Colonial AveNewtonville, MA 024605.8 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Michelle Dale, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work173 Mount Auburn StWatertown, MA 024725.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Susan Falkoff, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work173 Mount Auburn StWatertown, MA 024725.9 miles awayClaire Levine, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work173 Mount Auburn StWatertown, MA 024725.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Michelle Rubin-Digirolamo, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work170 Governors AveMedford, MA 021555.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Ann Shepardson, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work167 Holland St Rm 133Somerville, MA 021445.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
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- Low wait times
Sibyl Cardarelli, MED
Specialty: Social Work500 W Cummings Park Ste 3900Woburn, MA 018015.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Maureen Ferreira
Specialty: Social Work500 W Cummings Park Ste 3900Woburn, MA 018015.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Claudia Harris, MSW
Specialty: Social Work104 Boston Post Rd Ste 2Weston, MA 024935.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
Catherine Baker, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work8 Cedar St Ste 58Woburn, MA 018016.0 miles awayWilliam Scalise, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work84 High St Ste 2AMedford, MA 021556.0 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Andrea Winslow, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work84 High St Ste A8Medford, MA 021556.0 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Jo Goldman, MSW
Specialty: Social Work84 HIGH STMedford, MA 021556.0 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
Beverley Jouett, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work10 High St Ste 10Medford, MA 021556.1 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Luanne Baker, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work41 Mall RdBurlington, MA 018053.0 miles awayKatherine Akagi, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work92 Montvale Ave Ste 2200Stoneham, MA 021806.2 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Low wait times
- Explains conditions well
- Patients found trustworthy
Melissa Simmons, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work5 Hall AveSomerville, MA 021446.2 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Suzanne Wintner, MSW
Specialty: Social Work5 Hall AveSomerville, MA 021446.2 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
Tmira Ring, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work26 City Hall MallMedford, MA 021556.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
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- Low wait times
Mollie Sherry, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work26 City Hall MallMedford, MA 021556.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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- Employs friendly staff
Susan Teta, MSW
Specialty: Social Work240a Elm StSomerville, MA 021446.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
E Klein
Specialty: Social Work112 Lake View AveCambridge, MA 021386.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Susan Broner, MSW
Specialty: Social Work8 Sherman St # FCambridge, MA 021386.4 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
Judith Schwartz, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work45 Walden StConcord, MA 017426.5 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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- Employs friendly staff
Ann Carpenter, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work151 Mystic AveMedford, MA 021556.5 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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- Employs friendly staff
Kimberly Bowles, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work151 Mystic AveMedford, MA 021556.5 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Kathi Whittier, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work41 Montvale AveStoneham, MA 021806.6 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
M Carole Drago, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work114 Waltham StLexington, MA 024210.2 miles awayNancy Robb, MSW
Specialty: Social Work1121 Washington St Ste 4West Newton, MA 024656.7 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
Hannah Saxe, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work46 Austin St Ste 301Newton, MA 024606.7 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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- Employs friendly staff
Joseph Skolnik, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work9 Meriam St Ste 18Lexington, MA 024200.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Lisa Goldberg, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work64 Eldredge StNewton, MA 024586.7 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Lisa Newfield, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work64 Eldredge StNewton, MA 024586.7 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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Jane Andrews, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work330 Mount Auburn StCambridge, MA 021386.8 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
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- Low wait times
Susan Darby, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work330 Mount Auburn StCambridge, MA 021386.8 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
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Joseph Lillyman, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work191 Sudbury RdConcord, MA 017426.8 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Leslie Cutler
Specialty: Social Work10 Concord AveCambridge, MA 021386.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
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- Low wait times
Jennifer Fitzpatrick, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work10 Concord AveCambridge, MA 021386.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Carol Murphy, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work5 Sacramento StCambridge, MA 021386.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
- Explains conditions well
Howard Yaffe
Specialty: Social Work5 Sacramento StCambridge, MA 021386.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
Anne Elshama, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work22 Mill St Ste 4Arlington, MA 024763.9 miles awayEllen Austin, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work22 Mill St Ste 105Arlington, MA 024763.9 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Low wait times
- Explains conditions well
- Patients found trustworthy
Kyle Carney, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work156 Mount Auburn StCambridge, MA 021387.1 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Dr. Dolan Power, PHD
Specialty: Social Work22 Hilliard StCambridge, MA 021387.1 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Donna Clarke, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work1650 Washington StWest Newton, MA 024657.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Ann Fisher, MSW
Specialty: Social Work36 Commerce WayWoburn, MA 018016.4 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Margaret Compher, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work26 Central StSomerville, MA 021437.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Stephanie Troy, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work26 Central StSomerville, MA 021437.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Dr. Ana Nava, PHD
Specialty: Social Work26 Central StSomerville, MA 021437.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
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- Employs friendly staff
Annabel Gill
Specialty: Social Work26 Central St Fl 3Somerville, MA 021437.3 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Employs friendly staff
- Explains conditions well
Rodney Sloat, LICSW
Specialty: Social Work75 Mount Auburn StCambridge, MA 021387.4 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
- Low wait times
Michele Gaboury, MSW
Specialty: Social Work75 Mount Auburn StCambridge, MA 021387.4 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff
Martin Plovnick
Specialty: Social Work75 Mount Auburn StCambridge, MA 021387.4 miles awayPatients Tell Us:- Offers Telehealth
- Easy scheduling
- Employs friendly staff