About Alexandrea
Alexandrea "Ally" DeFelice is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Massachusetts with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Ally values the strengths people bring to therapy and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
Ally uses straightforward talk and practical tools in sessions. She listens closely to understand what matters most and helps people build skills they can use between appointments.
How Alexandrea works
Clients can expect clear goals and steps rather than vague theory. Her work addresses trauma and abuse, along with related issues like panic attacks, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress. Ally also supports people dealing with self-esteem, shame, guilt, and problems with trust or attachment.
She helps people who feel isolated or stuck find new ways forward. Additionally, Ally helps with everyday pressures such as money and financial worries, work stress, and questions about life purpose. She addresses communication problems, control issues, and impulsivity with practical strategies.
Concerns involving narcissism, abandonment, and forgiveness are part of her focus too. Sessions draw on several approaches so therapy fits each person. Ally works in English and practices in Massachusetts.
She aims to make the steps toward change manageable and realistic for people juggling busy lives.
Alexandrea lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Alexandrea works with
The areas below are the ones Alexandrea selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and reactions. Online sessions let people reflect on patterns in their close relationships and practice new ways of connecting and setting boundaries. Client-centered therapy centers on the person's own goals and experiences, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk through challenges and build confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often includes exercises people can try between sessions.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. From there they decide together whether attachment work, CBT, DBT skills, or a blend makes the most sense for the presenting concerns.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit shorter check-ins or days when writing feels better than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep regular momentum and apply new skills in daily life.
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