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Stephanie Presson-Lapre, LICSW

Assistant Program Director, Amherst Clinic

Walden Behavioral Care


Stephanie Presson-Lapre, LICSW, is the Assistant Program Director of Walden Behavioral Care’s Amherst Clinic. Stephanie received her Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Services in 2012. Since completion of her degree, Stephanie has worked as a clinician in multiple levels of care. She worked for several years as a crisis clinician in Western Massachusetts providing crisis and risk assessments to youth and adults. Stephanie has spent much of her career providing treatment to individuals in both inpatient care and outpatient clinics in Vermont and Massachusetts, in addition to providing clinical supervision to clinicians and interns alike. In her time with Walden, Stephanie has provided assessment and care to patients, in addition to being a member of the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging task force and providing trainings to Walden Staff and the community on providing inclusive care to the LGBTQ+ Community.