About Alexandra
Alexandra Degirolamo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey. She has nine years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and addiction-related concerns. Alexandra aims to offer respectful, sensitive, and compassionate support as people take steps toward change.
She focuses on practical, goal-oriented conversations that match a person's needs. Sessions often address motivation, self-esteem, and confidence so clients can make steady progress. Alexandra adapts the pace and tone of sessions to what each person finds most useful.
Background and approach
Her work also covers relationship strain, family problems, grief, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. She helps people facing anger, career stress, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue. Eating and body image concerns, ADHD, and substance issues are also part of her practice.
Alexandra emphasizes collaboration when creating a plan. She listens for patterns in behavior and thought, and then suggests steps clients can try between appointments. These steps are concrete and aimed at daily life changes rather than abstract theory.
People often seek her support to rebuild confidence, repair communication, or reduce overwhelming worry. She encourages small, sustainable shifts that add up over time. The goal is clearer choices and more manageable days for each person who comes to therapy.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Alexandra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical skills and real-life coping. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and stress. This helps people take small steps to feel less overwhelmed in daily situations.Another approach centers on behavioral strategies such as building routines, practicing exposure to feared situations in manageable steps, and developing healthier habits around sleep, eating, and substance use. These techniques are useful for anxiety, addictions, and mood difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alexandra collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan based on what is working and what is not.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions can be quieter and use less bandwidth. Live chat or text-based messaging can provide brief check-ins, day-to-day coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, family life, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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