About Alexandria
Alexandria Lara is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who uses a client-centered approach to help people work through stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She emphasizes practical steps and a warm, respectful style so people feel heard and understood from the first session. She mixes client-centered work with cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Emotionally-focused ideas are used to help people notice and shift their emotional patterns in close relationships.
How Alexandria works
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are added when helpful to build present-moment skills and strengthen commitment to change. Alexandria has eight years of experience in both in-patient and outpatient settings. She has provided counseling to adults and youth, and she currently leads group sessions that address acculturation, adjustment, goal-setting, self-esteem, self-harm, and trauma themes.
In sessions she keeps the work practical. She helps people set small goals, try specific strategies, and track progress between meetings. She also talks about how your strengths can be used to meet real challenges like parenting stress, career pressure, grief, or problems with trust and attachment.
Her approach is collaborative. She listens first, then suggests steps you can try. Many clients come for help with family problems, abandonment or attachment worries, codependency, body image, or feeling stuck after a separation.
Alexandria supports people as they rebuild confidence and move toward clearer goals.
Alexandria lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Alexandria works with
The areas below are the ones Alexandria 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
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online counseling
Alexandria commonly blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy to make online sessions practical and focused. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead, helping people feel understood and shaping goals around what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy involves identifying thought and behavior patterns and trying concrete strategies to change them, which can be practiced between sessions.She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to help people notice and shift emotional responses in relationships. That approach helps when attachment, communication, or persistent emotional reactions are getting in the way of connection or personal goals. The choice of approaches is collaborative - the therapist will discuss options, try methods together, and adjust based on what helps most for the client's goals and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for full-session conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat or text messaging can fit busy days, provide brief check-ins, or let someone process thoughts in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, caregiving schedule, or other commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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