About Sandra
Sandra Alicea is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more in control of daily life. Sandra uses straightforward, compassionate conversation to help clients find clarity and clearer routines.
Her work often centers on challenges many people face - caregiver strain, communication problems, and the loneliness that follows loss or disaster.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, and post-traumatic stress. Sandra pays attention to issues common in women’s lives and to the particular pressures of caregiving roles. In sessions she leans on client-centered principles, which means listening carefully and shaping the work to each person’s needs.
She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to calm the body and mind. These methods are used together to build practical coping tools. Sandra aims to make therapy a place for honest talk and steady progress.
She helps people set small, realistic goals and try changes that fit their routines. Over time clients often gain more emotional control and clearer ways of responding to stress. Practicing in Florida, Sandra brings a direct but warm style.
She respects each person’s story and works with them to find what helps most in everyday life.
How Sandra’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, asks clarifying questions, and helps people name their concerns so sessions stay focused on what matters most. This approach is useful for building trust and tailoring work to individual goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. CBT is practical and often includes doable homework between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment through simple breathing and awareness exercises. It can reduce racing thoughts and increase tolerance for uncomfortable feelings. These short practices fit well into busy days and can be used between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sandra will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try first based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and as goals shift.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and build rapport, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps keep work going between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, and caregiving schedules.
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- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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