About Alysia
Dr. Alysia Smith uses evidence-based approaches to help people manage worry and life stress. She is a licensed professional counselor with six years of clinical experience and holds the LPC and LCPC credentials.
Her style is straightforward and practical, with an emphasis on skills people can use between sessions. She focuses on anxiety and stress, and also helps people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, and relationship difficulties. She works with issues that commonly come up around grief, parenting, eating concerns, self-esteem, and big life changes.
Background and approach
Young adult concerns, mood disorders, and seasonal mood shifts are also part of her practice. Sessions often involve learning specific tools such as thought work, emotion regulation skills, and motivation-based strategies to support change. Dr.
Smith believes clients know their own stories and brings a collaborative approach to build on existing strengths. She explains techniques in clear language and helps people try them out in everyday life. Her background includes graduate training in counseling and a doctoral degree in developmental psychology.
She draws on that training to understand how patterns form over time and to tailor plans that fit each person. People can expect a steady, skills-focused process that balances short-term relief and longer-term goals. Dr.
Smith practices in Wisconsin and conducts sessions in English. She encourages people to take the first step when they feel ready and offers practical support to get started.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Dr. Smith commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior strategies to help people change unhelpful thinking and manage intense emotions. CBT involves identifying patterns of thought that feed anxiety and testing new ways of thinking. DBT teaches concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills to handle strong feelings and reduce reactive behavior.Motivational interviewing supports people who feel stuck or ambivalent about change by exploring values and increasing motivation in a collaborative way. Choosing the right combination of methods is part of the work together; the therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adjust the plan over time.
Online therapy lets people use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so care can fit into a busy life. Video sessions are good for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can be used for quick reflections, homework check-ins, or when typing helps someone gather their thoughts. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and practice new skills in real-world moments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Kansas
- Languages
- English
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