About Alexis
Alexis Putnam is a licensed clinical social worker in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and LGBTQ concerns. She focuses on building trust and practical plans that fit each person’s life. Sessions aim to be direct, respectful, and compassionate so clients can make steady progress.
Alexis uses short-term, goal-focused methods alongside trauma-informed work when needed. She often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy show up in sessions as clear steps and choices people can use between meetings. She has seven years of professional experience and adapts conversations and plans to what each person needs. That can mean working on panic symptoms, social anxiety, self-esteem, body image, or issues tied to gender identity and sexuality.
Alexis also supports people dealing with life transitions such as fertility concerns, blended family stress, or finding life purpose. Expect practical tools, short experiments, and calm reflection in sessions. Alexis aims to empower people to try different ways of coping and notice what helps.
She frames progress as small, steady changes that add up over time. Work is done in English and is arranged from her New York practice. The focus is on collaborating with each person to develop a plan that fits their goals, pace, and daily life.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Alexis commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioral changes. CBT is useful for worry, panic symptoms, and social anxiety because it gives concrete steps to test in daily life. She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing skills that reduce immediate stress and improve focus.Alexis favors a collaborative process to find the right approach. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those aims. If trauma is present, she layers trauma-focused strategies with pacing so people feel able to proceed at a tolerable rate.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase scheduling flexibility. Video visits allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual tools. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, homework prompts, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These formats aim to make consistent work easier to fit into daily life.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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