About Alyssa
Alyssa “Petersen” Domel helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety find clearer ground. She writes plainly and listens closely so people can name what matters most. Her approach aims to calm racing thoughts and build steady routines that fit daily life.
Alyssa is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with additional licensure designations LPC-MH and Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC. She has nine years of clinical experience and works with adults on issues such as depression, grief, sleep problems, and addictions.
Background and approach
She also supports people coping with relationship strain, parenting stress, career changes, and ADHD-related challenges. In sessions she blends approaches to match each person’s situation. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current needs.
She applies cognitive behavioral strategies to reduce unhelpful thinking and teach practical skills. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and Gottman-informed techniques are used when emotion regulation and relationship patterns are central concerns. Alyssa treats trauma and abuse responses and helps people manage symptoms that follow.
She also addresses concerns like body image, codependency, guilt, and forgiveness one step at a time. Her work includes helping people with substance use issues and the ripple effects those create. People meet by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different days and schedules.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire pairs a person with a therapist and then sessions are scheduled based on availability.
Therapeutic styles and how they work online
Alyssa often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people understand how early relationships shape current reactions. This approach looks at patterns of connection and helps people build safer, more dependable ways of relating. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and building practical skills to reduce anxiety and improve daily routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alyssa collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what is helping and what needs adjusting so therapy stays focused and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and deeper interaction. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to send quick updates, practice new skills between sessions, or get support without scheduling a full video appointment. These flexible options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- South Dakota, Iowa, Utah, Maine, Nebraska
- Languages
- English
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