I am a professional counselor licensed in Pennsylvania. My counseling experience has been in a general practice with relationship, mood, parenting, and communication struggles and also in a practice dedicated to working with adults dealing with sexual addiction, pornography addiction, and relationship issues with roots in sexual abuse. I have also counseled teenage boys in a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.
I did not start out with a career in counseling. I have a degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech. I married another engineer, worked a little while, raised children, and when they were in the process of leaving the home, I decided to pursue counseling. I acquired my MA in Marriage and Family Counseling from Lancaster Bible College and have been counseling for over 10 years.
I believe that our past is not as important as the thoughts and decisions we make today. My approach embraces solution-focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and client centered therapy. I believe that everyone's life history has taught them valuable lessons. It is my honor and privilege to help my clients develop these lessons into functional, effective, and beneficial thoughts and behaviors.
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Depression, Coping with life changes, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Divorce and Separation, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and Shame, Infidelity, Isolation / Loneliness, Jealousy, Life Purpose, Midlife Crisis, Money and Financial Issues, Mood Disorders, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-Love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Dysfunction, Social Anxiety and Phobia, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
PA LPC PC012804
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Everything has been great. She has helped me so much in just a couple months
Written on Jul 12, 2023 after therapy with Alesia for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd
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Written on Nov 08, 2022 after therapy with Alesia for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, and career difficulties
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Written on Oct 29, 2022 after therapy with Alesia for 1 year and 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
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Written on Oct 25, 2022 after therapy with Alesia for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
I am so thankful to have been matched with Alesia. Working with someone who shares my values has really helped me dive into my thought processes and break toxic patterns.
Written on Jun 23, 2022 after therapy with Alesia for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and self esteem
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Written on Feb 28, 2022 after therapy with Alesia for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and anger management