About Alexandrea
Alexandrea "Ally" DeFelice is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts with 14 years of experience. She focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and building self-esteem. Ally frames clients as experts in their own stories and builds on existing strengths to help people move forward.
Ally listens closely and uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She helps people name what feels overwhelming and breaks big problems into small steps.
Background and approach
Conversations often include learning tools to manage panic, reduce worry, and handle difficult emotions. Her approach blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered care. That means she pays attention to how close relationships affect feelings and meets people where they are.
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and practice new ways of thinking. Ally also draws on dialectical behavior ideas to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. She brings existential questions into work about life purpose and values when people want deeper meaning.
Sessions aim to be practical and honest, not filled with jargon. People come to Ally for help with panic attacks, chronic worry, mood struggles, and issues like abandonment or feeling isolated. She supports work on communication problems, guilt and shame, and navigating financial stress or control issues.
Her focus is on clear steps that fit each person’s life. Taking the first step can be hard, and Ally acknowledges that courage. She helps clients set realistic goals and adjust the pace as they go.
The work is collaborative, with an emphasis on small changes that add up over time.
How Ally’s Therapeutic Approaches Translate Online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. Online sessions using this approach focus on recognizing patterns in relationships and practicing safer ways to connect and communicate. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions CBT often includes worksheets, thought records, and specific behavioral experiments to try between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ally will listen to your goals and collaborate on which methods fit best. Together you’ll adjust strategies over time so the plan matches your needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you use visual cues and go deeper in conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support on-the-go check-ins, quick coaching, or sharing updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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