About Alisa
Alisa Dunker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience in behavioral health. She helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and addictions. Alisa draws on a caring and collaborative style so clients feel heard and respected from the first session.
She uses a trauma-informed, client-centered approach that focuses on practical steps and clear goals. In sessions she may use cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking, brief solution-focused methods to map immediate steps, and mindfulness practices to ease reactivity.
Background and approach
The work aims to build resilience and reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life. Alisa has worked with a wide range of concerns including ADHD, autism and Asperger syndrome, grief, and issues tied to adoption and parenting children with disabilities. She also supports people coping with relationship disruption, blended family challenges, and caregiver stress.
Her experience includes helping people with impulse control, substance use, and recovery from abuse. Sessions are offered in English and provided remotely by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She practices in Arizona and holds an AZ LPC credential.
Cost varies by location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. People who want to begin can choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist’s availability. Alisa focuses on straightforward, steady progress so clients can make meaningful change at a manageable pace.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Alisa commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns, and to build practical coping skills for anxiety and depression. CBT involves concrete exercises and homework so clients can test new ways of thinking between sessions.She also draws on solution-focused brief methods that zero in on small, achievable steps. This approach aims to identify what works now and expand it, which can be useful for stress, decision points, and early recovery from addiction.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be collaborative. The therapist will talk about goals, try techniques that fit the client’s needs, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people build rapport with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, step-by-step problem solving, and flexible contact when schedules are tight. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while still working toward steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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