About Alicia
Alicia Swisher is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan who helps people manage anxiety, stress, grief, and relationship concerns. She focuses on practical steps to handle anger, life changes, depression, and self-esteem so daily life feels more manageable. She speaks English and draws on four years of clinical experience to guide conversations and planning.
Her style is respectful and down-to-earth. Sessions are shaped to fit each person’s needs rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
Background and approach
Alicia listens first, then helps set small, achievable goals that build over time. She has worked with people facing trauma, parenting strain, bipolar mood concerns, and health-related issues such as cancer, chronic pain, and disability. She also understands the stresses that can come with first responder and veteran lives, and with hospice and end-of-life situations.
That background informs how she frames coping strategies and next steps. In sessions Alicia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to practical problems. Conversations often include skill-building for managing strong emotions, routine changes, and relationship stress.
She will collaborate on a plan you can try between meetings. Starting therapy is framed as a step-by-step process. Alicia aims to offer steady support while helping people try tools that fit their day-to-day routines.
She explains options clearly and adjusts the approach as needs change.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Alicia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills people can use right away. One common focus is emotion regulation work - learning ways to notice and manage intense feelings so reactions feel less overwhelming. This is useful for anger, anxiety, and strong mood shifts.She also relies on problem-focused strategies that break larger issues into smaller steps. These techniques help when coping with life changes, chronic illness, or grief by identifying practical actions and routines to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Alicia will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest methods to try. The plan is adjusted over time based on what feels most helpful for the client.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video allows for face-to-face conversation and fuller interaction, while phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are options for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These choices give flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives and changing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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