About Alecia
Alecia Ford (MA, NCC) is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress. She uses practical strategies to ease daily struggles and supports clients who are juggling work, relationships, and major life shifts. Alecia speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful.
Alecia has five years of experience working with adults and young adults. She supports people dealing with depression, sleep troubles, self-esteem concerns, and career stress.
Background and approach
She also helps those facing parenting challenges and difficult life transitions. Her approach blends several evidence-informed methods. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients connect with values and take meaningful action. Mindfulness strategies appear in sessions to build calm and focus. Alecia also uses Client-Centered and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when they fit a person’s needs.
Sessions often include clear skill practice, short-term goal setting, and real-world steps to test what works. She aims to keep language simple and tasks achievable. Clients can expect a collaborative process where goals are set together.
Alecia emphasizes small, steady changes rather than sudden fixes. Her work is geared toward practical coping, stronger communication, and clearer life direction.
How therapy methods translate to online sessions
Alecia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood. ACT encourages people to clarify what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values even when difficult feelings appear.She also brings Client-Centered principles to sessions, which means conversations are guided by the client's perspective and pace. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; she will work with each person to decide whether CBT, ACT, or client-centered methods best match their goals and preferences.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and messaging let people check in, process small moments, or continue work between longer sessions. These options make scheduling and staying consistent easier for people with busy lives or limited travel time.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Washington
- Languages
- English
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