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Jose Alvear, LCSW

LICSW

BFRB Institute

Telehealth Provider

Email:

Phone:

Licensed In

New York, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Minnesota

Provider Gender Identity

Male

Provider Race / Ethnicity

Hispanic, Latino / Latina

Payment Types

Insurance Accepted

  • Private Pay

  • Insurance

  • Sliding Scale Offered

  • United Healthcare

  • Oxford

  • Cigna

  • Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • Aetna

  • Oscar

  • UMR

  • Optum Live and Work Well

Locations

BFRB Specialties

Age Group Specialties

  • Hair Pulling

  • Skin Picking

  • Nail Biting

  • Cheek Biting

  • Skin Biting

  • Other

  • Teens

  • Adults

Language(s) Spoken

Treatment Modalities

  • English

  • Spanish

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • ACT-Enhanced Behavior Therapy

  • Cognitive-Behavior Therapy

  • Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment

  • Habit Reversal Training

  • COMB Model

training / education

Trained via BFRB Training on Habit Reversal and ComB model.

biography

Jose Alvear is a licensed clinical social worker in NYC who treats people with all types of body-focused repetitive behaviors. Jose went from skin picking patient to BFRB advocate to clinician in order to help raise awareness of these disorders. He is currently licensed in NY, TN, MN and MA.

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