About Alesha
Alesha Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with experience practicing in North Carolina and Virginia. She has spent 15 years providing individual and family therapy and brings a calm, down-to-earth presence to sessions. Her style is nonjudgmental and straightforward, aimed at helping people meet goals they set for themselves.
She works with common everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, addictions, and career concerns. She also helps people navigate relationship strain, parenting pressures, anger, bipolar management, and life transitions.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps clients can try between meetings. Alesha combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she listens first, then helps clients notice patterns of thought and behavior and try different responses.
Motivational interviewing is used when people need help finding their own reasons to change, and solution-focused strategies help build small, achievable goals. In sessions she aims to be easygoing and authentic so clients feel comfortable speaking honestly. She emphasizes client autonomy and supports people in making their own choices.
Conversations are geared toward real-world changes rather than jargon. People who prefer short-term goal work or practical skills often find her approach helpful. She offers a respectful, steady guide through tough moments and transition periods.
The tone is collaborative and focused on what the client wants to achieve.
How Alesha’s Approaches Work Online
Alesha uses client-centered therapy to begin. That means she focuses on listening and understanding your perspective before suggesting changes. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through feelings and priorities.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or improve mood.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences and will adjust the plan as needed. That process includes setting realistic steps and checking progress regularly.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues, while phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for short coaching moments, brief updates, or when a person prefers writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and reach support from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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