Therapy with Alice:
MA, LPC, NCC
Support for Queer, Neurodivergent, Mood Disorder, Women, Late-Teens & Adults
My therapy style is grounded, personal, and fully centered on you, with both virtual and in-person visits available. These sessions are tailored for adults finding their way through the labyrinth of life – from coping with trauma, struggling with anxiety, depression, or mood disorders, to understanding themselves better. My clientele, like myself, often identify as woman, mother, and part of the queer community.
Through a blended therapeutic approach of Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Expressive Arts Therapy, we aim to enhance your emotional health. Incorporating EFT allows deep emotional exploration. DBT equips you with tools for responding effectively to distress, while CBT targets thought patterns. Expressive Arts Therapy offers a unique way to voice complicated emotions. This integrative approach fosters self-awareness and personal growth, leading to improved well-being.
Your voice matters above everything else. I encourage consistent feedback to ensure the session aligns with your expectations, and if I ever miss the mark, feel free to correct me. It's all about delivering the therapeutic experience you desire. After all, therapy is your sanctuary, a place for you to heal, thrive, and redefine your situation. Let's nurture your strength and resilience, taking one step at a time towards better days.
About Alice
Becoming a therapist is the culmination of my own experiences. I didn’t know at the time that’s where life was taking me, but looking back, it seems really clear. I started going to therapy as a kid, and I returned to therapy many times over the course of my healing journey. After experiencing how transformational therapy can be, often finding myself in that “helping role” professionally and socially, it made sense to return to therapy but this time as the therapist.
It wasn’t a straight road to where I am today. My first undergraduate degree is in art, and though I loved the creative industry, I was drawn to helping professions because of my lived experiences. I attempted to combine my passions by teaching, but what that showed me is how much I care about the social/emotional wellbeing of others. Each part of my professional journey only confirmed that providing therapy was the “right” place for me.
Some defining moments in my life include being adopted, becoming a teen parent, exploring my queerness, and discovering my authentic self. Many people come to therapy for that reason: to figure out who they are. Now I guide others on their similar paths of growth, toward better days.
In my free time I like to enjoy the outdoors, watch Star Trek, work on my Niners and Jason Asano cosplays, obsessively read HWFWM, play video games badly and board games well with my partner and adult child (who I am SO proud of).
I can often be found working on a painting, reading, listening to a podcast, nurturing my garden or lounging by the pool on sunny days.