About Alyssa
Alyssa Whiteaker is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, and life transitions. She brings six years of practice to sessions and aims to make therapy approachable and practical for adults seeking change. Alyssa focuses on real problems people face day to day.
She helps with workplace stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people with ADHD and those navigating identity and body image concerns.
Background and approach
Her way of working is warm and nonjudgmental. Sessions center on understanding what matters to the client and finding small, doable steps toward their goals. She uses techniques to build better coping skills, improve communication, and reduce overwhelming thoughts and feelings.
Alyssa values collaboration. She listens for each person's strengths and tailors tools to fit their life. Expect clear discussions about goals, practical homework between sessions, and moments for reflection and skill practice.
She sees clients in Minnesota and offers several remote formats. People who feel stuck by anxiety, workplace pressure, or life changes may find her approach straightforward and grounded in everyday needs.
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Alyssa uses methods that help people take meaningful action and change unhelpful patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward a valued life while accepting tough thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behavior connect and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and worry.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alyssa will talk with each person about their goals, try techniques that fit their needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Together they set practical goals and track progress week to week.
Online sessions can fit many schedules and styles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to work on anxiety, stress, and day-to-day challenges without rearranging a whole day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Coaching
- ADHD
Also listed
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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