About Alexandra
Alexandra Bastien uses straightforward, goal-focused therapy to help people manage stress and anxiety. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and she brings nine years of professional experience to each session. Alexandra speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She often combines techniques that help change unhelpful thoughts with short-term goal work. That means identifying what gets in the way, trying out new coping steps, and building momentum.
How Alexandra works
Sessions tend to emphasize skills you can practice between meetings and small shifts that add up. Clients come for help with self-esteem, motivation, career concerns, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles.
Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, family communication problems, and workplace issues. Alexandra aims to meet people where they are and highlight their strengths. She works with each person to set clear, achievable goals and to track progress.
Her approach is collaborative and practical, not overly clinical. Sessions are offered from her New York practice in English. Alexandra encourages a step-by-step pace and respects that beginning therapy can feel hard.
She helps people take the next small steps toward feeling more capable and in control.
Alexandra lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Alexandra works with
The areas below are the ones Alexandra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Alexandra uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that fuel anxiety and low mood. CBT focuses on practical exercises and small behavior changes that reduce distress and improve everyday functioning. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to zero in on concrete goals and quick steps forward, which can be useful for career decisions, coping with life changes, or building confidence.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alexandra will discuss your goals and preferences in early sessions and suggest approaches that match what you want to achieve. Together you can try methods, track what helps, and adjust the plan as needed so work stays relevant and achievable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and messaging formats support brief coaching, progress notes, or quick skill reminders between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, commutes, or busy family routines.
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