About Avery
Avery Alexander is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of practice who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life transitions. She draws on community work and outreach from earlier roles to shape a down-to-earth style. Avery aims to help people feel seen and to build practical tools they can use day to day.
She trained in social work after studying human services and counseling.
Background and approach
That background led her to community centers and nonprofit outreach, where she learned to listen across different cultures and life stories. Those experiences guide how she approaches sessions now. In the therapy room she keeps things straightforward and collaborative.
Conversations often look at patterns of thought and behavior, skills for emotion regulation, and personal values that matter most to the client. Sessions include practical strategies people can try between meetings to reduce worry, improve sleep, and handle strong emotions. Avery uses client-centered listening alongside methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
She also weaves in mindfulness and narrative work to help people reframe past events and notice the present moment. This mix supports people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, ADHD, and trauma-related concerns. People who prefer a supportive listener who also offers concrete steps may find her approach helpful.
She practices in Utah as an LCSW and provides services in English. Those interested can learn how the process works and whether it feels like a fit before scheduling.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Avery commonly uses client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting conversation so clients feel heard and understood; it helps people find their own goals and solutions. CBT looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence mood and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood. DBT offers specific skills for regulating strong emotions and improving distress tolerance, which helps when anger or intense stress gets in the way of daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Avery will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. She treats the selection of techniques as collaborative and may adjust strategies as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, quick skill coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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