About Alexis
Alexis Jordan is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Illinois. She brings 12 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. Alexis draws on work with couples, parents, and individuals affected by childhood trauma and difficult life transitions.
She pays attention to how social and cultural pressures shape thoughts and feelings. In conversation she helps people identify internal barriers that get in the way of daily life and relationships.
Background and approach
Her approach blends practical skill-building with space to tell your story. She uses structured conversation to address patterns, and supports clients as they try new ways of relating and coping. Sessions can include mediation for divorce or co-parenting, premarital planning, and work around domestic violence when safe and appropriate.
Alexis aims to help people create a more coherent personal narrative so they can move toward goals that matter to them. She works in plain language and keeps sessions focused on small, achievable steps. Her style is direct but empathetic, and she treats each person’s background and identity as part of the work.
Clients meet through scheduled appointments that fit their needs, and Alexis offers several online formats to make ongoing care practical. She practices with an awareness of power, culture, and systemic influences while maintaining a clear, goal-oriented stance.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Alexis uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing patterns and building coping skills. One approach emphasizes practical strategies for managing anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, grounding, and behavior changes to reduce feeling overwhelmed. Another approach centers on processing trauma and past hurts in manageable steps so painful memories become less disruptive to daily life and relationships.Finding the right combination of methods is part of the work. Alexis collaborates with each person to identify goals, tries approaches that match those goals, and adapts methods as progress is made. That way the plan stays useful and tied to what the client wants to change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone works well when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult, and chat or text can be used for shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and varying day-to-day demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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