Alex Lahr

Advanced Clinical Intern

They/Them

Alex is a second-year MSW candidate at Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work and thrilled to be joining IHI. Prior to their graduate studies, Alex spent five years at Mountainside Treatment Center as a Recovery Coach to help people navigate early recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs), where they also started a weekly queer virtual support group in response to the pandemic. Because of their passion around recovery’s impact on a person’s identity, Alex recognized they wanted to expand their professional horizons by pursuing a master’s degree in social work.

Last year, Alex interned at El Regreso in Brooklyn (a long-term residential treatment facility) where they worked with individual clients and ran support groups. It was a formative experience and gave Alex insight into working with populations they hadn’t encountered as a coach. Combined with their studies at Silberman, Alex began to see SUDs in the context of systems that oppress and further marginalize queer people. Alex believes in a strengths-based, non-judgmental approach that respects individuals as they grow and evolve into their authentic self.

 Alex also holds a M.A. in Music Business from NYU and a B.A. in International Affairs from GWU.