Courageous Kids Counseling

Erica Smuckler, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Owner & Clinical Director of Courageous Kids Counseling, provides child therapy in New York and New Jersey. She earned her Master’s in Social Work from Rutgers University and has fourteen years of experience treating children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her extensive background includes work in psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinical centers, and both public and private schools for special needs children.

In 2012, Erica graduated from CUNY Queens College and became a School Psychologist, spending eight years in public education focusing on the learning and emotional needs of children. In 2020, she started a private practice in New City, New York, specializing in treating anxiety, depression, and trauma in children and teens. Her practice uses evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and she continuously enhances her skills through further training and certifications.