LONG Description
Alexis provides counseling to teens, adults, couples and families struggling with a wide range of challenges. Her areas of focus include anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma, PTSD, parenting, ADHD, grief and loss, and life transitions.
Alexis brings a compassionate, collaborative and creative approach to working with clients. She encourages clients engagement and participation throughout the therapy process and considers it a great honor to travel alongside them in their journey towards personal and relational growth.
Alexis integrates in depth, relational approaches to therapy with short-term, practical approaches to form a comprehensive and flexible treatment tailored to the strengths, needs and goals of each client. Her approach to therapy aims to not only reduce symptoms and problematic behaviors, but also aims for improvements within her clients' insight, self-esteem, relationships, and overall quality of life.
Alexis received her Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University. Alexis is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a form of therapy that has been scientifically researched and proven to be effective for the treatment of trauma, PTSD, phobias, anxiety and panic.
Alexis completed Behavioral Tech’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy Foundational Training and has extensive clinicial experience applying Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), a form of therapy that combines cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with Eastern meditation practices. She enjoys incorporating DBT to help clients learn skills to better manage their emotions and develop more productive ways of thinking and relating to others.
