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Alex Hoffman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Live Oak Chicago who works from a trauma informed relational and harm reduction lens. She specializes in supporting clients with treatment related trauma centering client agency and authentic human connection in her work. Alex’s approach is informed by over a decade in the mental health field, early work in residential treatment and lived experience within the troubled teen industry. This perspective allows her to hold nuance honoring both the ways treatment can help and the ways it can cause harm.
In this episode of Lessons from the Couch Alex joins Corina and Mariana to explore treatment trauma, harm reduction, and holding dialectics in clinical work. She reflects on crisis care accountability and the ethical complexity of providing support within imperfect systems.The conversation emphasizes the power of therapeutic humanity modeling humility welcoming feedback and repairing harm. This episode offers meaningful insight for therapists seeking to build trust, safety and genuine connection in the therapy room.
For more about Alex, visit https://liveoakchicago.com/our-team/alex-hoffman/.
Corina and Mariana would love to hear your feedback and ideas for our new season! Follow this link to leave anonymous thoughts and ideas for us to consider.
Follow Lessons from the Couch on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you get your podcasts to listen to new episodes.
Co-Hosted by Corina Teofilo Mattson and Mariana Reyes Daza. Show art by Jae Avilez and Corina. Music by Brandon Acosta.
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Alex Hoffman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Live Oak Chicago who works from a trauma informed relational and harm reduction lens. She specializes in supporting clients with treatment related trauma centering client agency and authentic human connection in her work. Alex’s approach is informed by over a decade in the mental health field, early work in residential treatment and lived experience within the troubled teen industry. This perspective allows her to hold nuance honoring both the ways treatment can help and the ways it can cause harm.
In this episode of Lessons from the Couch Alex joins Corina and Mariana to explore treatment trauma, harm reduction, and holding dialectics in clinical work. She reflects on crisis care accountability and the ethical complexity of providing support within imperfect systems.The conversation emphasizes the power of therapeutic humanity modeling humility welcoming feedback and repairing harm. This episode offers meaningful insight for therapists seeking to build trust, safety and genuine connection in the therapy room.
For more about Alex, visit https://liveoakchicago.com/our-team/alex-hoffman/.
Corina and Mariana would love to hear your feedback and ideas for our new season! Follow this link to leave anonymous thoughts and ideas for us to consider.
Follow Lessons from the Couch on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you get your podcasts to listen to new episodes.
Co-Hosted by Corina Teofilo Mattson and Mariana Reyes Daza. Show art by Jae Avilez and Corina. Music by Brandon Acosta.