About Alicia
Alicia McCoy is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and hard life changes. She practices from Connecticut and brings five years of professional experience to her work. Alicia aims to make therapy feel straightforward and relatable for people under pressure.
She listens first and then helps clients name what feels most difficult. Sessions focus on building self-compassion and clearer communication. Practical strategies are introduced in ways that fit a client’s daily life.
Background and approach
Alicia often supports people dealing with relationship strains, caregiving stress, and the emotional impact of chronic illness. She also addresses trauma, grief after separation, and isolation that comes with major life shifts. Her work includes helping clients untangle family of origin issues and manage feelings of guilt and shame.
In the room, Alicia is collaborative and down-to-earth. She explains steps and checks in about whether an idea feels useful. Clients can expect straightforward tools for coping and time to process emotions without hurry.
Alicia offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging. She works with people who want to improve day-to-day coping, strengthen relationships, or find steadier emotional footing after a loss or change.
How evidence-based approaches fit into online therapy
Alicia draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and understanding. One common approach she uses teaches practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and short behavioral experiments to test out new ways of responding. These tools are useful for day-to-day overwhelm and panic symptoms.Another approach centers on processing difficult emotions related to trauma and loss. This work looks at how past experiences affect current relationships and mood, and it helps people make sense of those patterns so they can choose different responses.
Finding the right approach is part of the early work together. Alicia will talk with clients about their goals, try approaches that make sense for their situation, and adjust methods based on what feels helpful. That collaborative process helps ensure therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper conversational work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support brief check-ins or on-the-go practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress going between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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