About Alesha
Alesha Perkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina. She brings 15 years of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
Her approach is straightforward and welcoming. Perkins uses practical, goal-oriented methods to help people move forward. She blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful patterns and build new habits.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change.
How Alesha works
Solution-focused strategies keep sessions focused on next steps. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She encourages clients to set their own goals and to make choices that fit their lives.
Sessions aim to be collaborative, with the therapist and client deciding what works best. People can expect clear discussion and down-to-earth suggestions. She has experience across many settings and with a wide range of concerns, including relationships, parenting stress, self-esteem, grief, addictions, anger, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and coping with big changes.
That background helps her tailor sessions to each person's needs. Perkins prioritizes practical tools that people can use between sessions. She focuses on small, manageable changes that add up over time.
The goal is to help clients feel more capable and to regain a sense of control over daily life.
Alesha lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Alesha works with
The areas below are the ones Alesha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people clarify what matters most. This style is useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort through emotions and choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Online sessions use concrete tools like thought records, behavior experiments, and practical skill-building to reduce anxiety or depression and to tackle unhelpful patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. Sessions remain collaborative, with adjustments made as needed to focus on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to consistent care. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share quick updates, receive homework prompts, or check in between sessions. These formats help fit therapy into busy schedules and make it simpler to maintain momentum between meetings.
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