Laura Kanter, LCSW
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Education
Graduate School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Bio
Laura Kanter, LCSW, is the CHKD Child Advocacy Center’s Mental Health Services Coordinator. She utilizes evidence-based treatments to address trauma reactions and problem behaviors in children. She is certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). She has also received training in Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT), Problematic Sexual Behavior Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PSB-CBT).
Ms. Kanter has provided services to children and their families in the community since 1994. Ms. Kanter provided grief counseling as well as counseling for various mental health and behavioral concerns for children and their families for many years prior to joining the CHKD Child Advocacy Team in 2013. In 2016, Ms. Kanter became the handler for the Child Advocacy Center’s facility dog, Meki, who joins Ms. Kanter at work every day to provide children and their families with comfort and support during difficult circumstances.
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