Clinical Reasoning in Social Work:
From Assessment to Discharge

September 30, 2026
12:00 – 1:30 pm via Zoom
1.5 Category I CEUs

Presenter:
Alexandra Kasoff, LCSW-C 
Associate Manager of Therapy Services, Jewish Community Services

Workshop Description

This course helps clinicians make sense of assessment information and turn it into a clear, culturally responsive understanding of the client’s situation.

Using a biopsychosocial lens, participants will learn how to identify strengths, risks, and the broader systems shaping a client’s life, and how that understanding guides real treatment decisions.

The course also covers how to track progress over time using ongoing feedback and outcomes, and how to adjust interventions when needed.

Finally, clinicians will learn how to update their understanding of a case as it evolves and make thoughtful decisions about when to end services or transition care, grounded in client readiness and ethical practice guidelines.

Learning Objectives

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

  • Apply a biopsychosocial and theoretical framework to analyze and integrate assessment data into a coherent, culturally responsive case conceptualization, including identification of risk factors, strengths, and systemic influences.

  • Demonstrate clinical reasoning by linking case conceptualization to appropriate interventions and evaluating client progress using ongoing assessment and outcome data.

  • Evaluate and modify case conceptualizations based on client progress and determine appropriate timing for discharge or transition of care, using clinical indicators, client readiness, and NASW ethical guidelines.

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Alexandra Kasoff

Alexandra Kasoff, LCSW-C, is a mental health therapist at Jewish Community Services. She believes healing happens within a safe, collaborative relationship where clients feel supported, understood, and empowered to grow.

Alexandra provides compassionate, evidence-based therapy to adults and couples seeking meaningful and lasting change. Her work often integrates CBT, narrative therapy, and mind–body focused approaches. She helps individuals develop practical coping skills, shift unhelpful patterns, process difficult experiences, and reconnect with their strengths and values.

With couples, she incorporates the Gottman Method to strengthen communication, deepen emotional connection, and help partners navigate conflict more effectively. She supports couples in identifying negative cycles and building healthier, more secure ways of relating.

As a certified yoga teacher, Alexandra also integrates mind–body awareness, nervous system regulation, and grounding practices into my work. She views emotional and physical well-being as deeply connected and aim to help clients build resilience both mentally and physically.

Her work with clients is active, collaborative, and tailored to their goals — supporting not just symptom relief, but sustainable growth and lasting change.

Workshop Fees

  • General Professional Community: $37.50
  • Jewish Day School Educators, JCS Retirees, NJHSA Members: $30
  • Current JCS Staff, Board, Advisory Council & Staff of Agencies Funded by The Associated*: Free with Code.
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*To request your code and see a list of eligible agencies funded by The Associated, click here. 

Jewish Community Services is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for Category I continuing education units.

 

The Rosa J. Kolker Professional Development series is made possible with funding from Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family Foundation, Inc.,
a supporting foundation of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore.