Cleante Stain is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a master’s degree in social work. She has experience providing a broad range of clinical and administrative services to various individuals across the lifespan. The primary emphasis of services has focused on adults and children who are predominately underserved and have difficulty accessing mental health services. Additionally, she has provided services in various settings.

Her experience encompasses extensive experience in mood disorders, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, substance abuse disorder and assisting with periods of adjustment. Specifically she has experience working with children and families in the child welfare system, crisis intervention, women in recovery with substance use disorders with co-occurring disorders, gay men of color, with HIV/AIDS, homeless individuals with comorbid issues such as substance use, persistent who with serves mental health illness combined with medical challenges.

As a result of her experiences working with individuals across the lifespan, she understands how to implement the biopsychosocial approach as the foundation of her practice. Because of her experience working with a broad range of individuals with various types of living conditions, she truly understands how the social determinants of health can impact positive outcomes. Her strengths include using some of the following evidenced based modalities: cognitive restructuring, solution focused therapy, motivational interviewing, seeking safety, and various aspects of social cognition.

Also, each individual is assessed and the appropriate treatment modality is used.