Alicia Powell, LCSW, LMHC

Alicia Powell is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed mental health counselor with decades of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or life changes. Alicia also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, eating concerns, ADHD, and career stress. She works with clients to set clear goals and build practical steps forward.

Alicia has been working in mental health since 1995 and holds an LCSW and an LMHC. Her experience includes supporting people affected by domestic violence and sexual assault, and helping those with anger, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and mood concerns. She also brings knowledge from financial coaching training to conversations about money-related stress.

Her approach centers on collaboration. She invites clients to take part in creating their treatment plan so therapy targets what matters most to them. Sessions use straightforward talk, skills practice, and reflection to help people manage symptoms and make changes in daily life.

Alicia draws on several therapy styles, including attachment-based work, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness practices. Those tools are used to help with emotional regulation, triggers tied to past relationships, negative thinking patterns, and building calmer routines.

People seeking therapy with Alicia can expect a practical, open-minded clinician who aims to make difficult topics easier to talk about. She brings long experience and a focus on real-world problem solving to each session.

How these approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current emotions and reactions; online sessions can help people notice patterns in relationships and practice new ways of connecting. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and following the client's lead, creating space to talk about what matters most and set personal goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact; online sessions can teach practical skills to reduce anxiety, shift unhelpful thinking, and change behaviors.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.

Session logistics should be confirmed before you book since formats were not specified in the biography. Many people find online therapy helps make sessions easier to fit into a busy life, supports consistent check-ins, and allows some flexibility for shorter or off-hour meetings. If you need particular session types or scheduling options, confirm them during the matching and scheduling steps.