About Alexa
Dr. Alexa Wasserman greets people with a calm, steady presence and direct support for stress and anxiety. She writes and talks plainly about common struggles so people know what to expect in a first session.
With 20 years of experience as a California psychologist (CA Psychologist PSY18754), she invites straightforward conversation about the next step forward. She approaches sessions as a partnership. Dr.
Wasserman helps clients set practical goals and draws on their strengths to meet those goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear tools and small changes that add up over time rather than long lists of techniques. Her clinical work blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy.
She also uses mindfulness when it seems helpful to a person and fits methods to the issue at hand, whether that is anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, or challenges with self-esteem. People often come with life transitions, parenting strain, career stress, addictions, or grief. Dr.
Wasserman pays attention to how those problems show up day to day and works on manageable ways to reduce their impact. She emphasizes practical steps people can use between sessions. Her background includes two decades in clinical practice in California.
That experience informs a direct, compassionate style aimed at steady progress. New clients are guided through a clear intake and goal-setting process to begin work right away.
How her approaches work online
Dr. Wasserman commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in online work. CBT looks at unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns and teaches practical steps to change them, which can help with anxiety, mood problems, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy adds simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, useful for people feeling overwhelmed or tense.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She discusses goals and preferences with each person and tailors methods together, trying approaches that match the client’s needs and adjusting as progress is tracked. That collaborative plan helps decide whether to emphasize skills practice, brief solution-focused steps, or deeper reflective work.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a voice check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter, frequent touchpoints for between-session support or brief coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the work practical and goal oriented.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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