Mollie (Spiesman) Candib, LCSW
About Mollie
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) dedicated to supporting clients in navigating life's challenges. With a focus on college and graduate students, as well as young adults, I specialize in addressing a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, low self-esteem, body image, perfectionism, and the overwhelming pressures of being a young adult.
I approach therapy from a strengths-based perspective, recognizing and building upon your unique strengths. By incorporating therapeutic modalities like psychodynamic and CBT, I provide personalized support that empowers you to make lasting, positive changes.
I believe in the power of humor as a therapeutic tool, and I integrate it into my work to foster a genuine relationship and comfortable environment. Together, we'll explore your challenges, discover your inner strength, and strive for a renewed sense of balance and fulfillment in your life.
Finding balance is a lifelong practice. I currently maintain balance in my life with morning runs, exploring new restaurants, checking things off my to-do list, reading, and spending time with friends, family, and my dog.
Whether you're struggling with a specific issue or looking for support in achieving your goals, I look forward to supporting you on your journey toward the life you want to live!
Modalities
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Focuses on changing negative thought patterns and behaviors. Based on the idea that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected and that changing one can lead to positive changes in the others.
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Focuses on treating sleep disorders by addressing underlying thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to insomnia.
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Focuses on building mindfulness, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills. DBT recognizes the interconnectedness of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, aiming to cultivate positive changes by accepting the current state while working towards improvement.
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Focuses on gradually exposing clients to distressing thoughts, situations, or objects, while helping them resist engaging in their usual avoidance or compulsive behaviors. By facing fears directly in a supportive and controlled environment, clients learn that anxiety can decrease naturally over time, fostering resilience and greater emotional freedom.
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Centers on understanding, transforming, and harmonizing the various parts of one's inner self to foster change and growth.
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Involves practice of non judgemental awareness through techniques such as meditation or breathing exercises.
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Focuses on exploring unconscious thoughts and feelings to gain insight into emotional conflicts and unresolved issues from the past.
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Focuses on identifying and building upon an individual's strengths and positive qualities.
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Focuses on accepting and celebrating all bodies, regardless of size, shape, or appearance, and challenging societal norms and standards related to beauty and worth to promote self-acceptance and self-love.
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Focuses on past and present relationships and attachment with the goal of understanding how these relationships impact overall well being and interpersonal functioning.
Education, Certifications, and Trainings
Licensed Clinical Social Worker #091130
Master of Social Work - New York University
Certification in Mind-Body Eating
Certification in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Certification in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Training in Clinical Applications of Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Training in CBT for Insomnia
Training in the Be Body Positive Model
Certified Complex Trauma Professional Training