About Alison
Alison "Cindy" Lapidus is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people cope with stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical steps to manage day-to-day worries and on improving relationship and intimacy concerns. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making small changes that add up over time.
She works with clients on self-esteem, career pressure, addiction issues, and grief. She also addresses sleeping problems, anger, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Cindy pays attention to how life transitions and identity concerns shape current struggles. Her sessions use clear, goal-oriented methods. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thought patterns that keep problems going.
She pairs that with client-centered listening so clients feel heard while learning new skills. Cindy also uses mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Motivational interviewing helps when someone wants change but feels stuck.
The Gottman Method informs her work on communication and relationship patterns. With 14 years of experience, Cindy blends practical tools and personal reflection. She aims to help clients build resilience and clearer choices.
Her California licensure is listed as LMFT, and she offers services in English.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a respectful space where the client leads the conversation and the therapist reflects and clarifies. It helps people who need understanding and support while they sort out priorities.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can ease anxiety and improve sleep and mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals and preferences. That may mean combining CBT skills, mindfulness practices, or relationship-focused techniques over time.
Online sessions can fit into busy lives by offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works with lower bandwidth, and messaging lets someone check in between meetings. These options make it easier to keep up with sessions, try tools in real situations, and adjust format as needs change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida, California
- Languages
- English
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