About Alexis
Alexis James is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, mood instability, and concerns like ADHD and addictions. Alexis aims to make therapy practical and down-to-earth so daily life can feel more manageable.
She offers a calm, collaborative style. Sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and trying simple, concrete strategies to change them.
How Alexis works
Alexis uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice patterns and choose actions that match their values. Alexis also draws on client-centered techniques to create a warm, respectful space for people to talk through hard things.
For clients who struggle with intense emotions or self-control, she uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach pacing, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation. Emotion-focused methods help when grief, trauma, or relationship pain need to be addressed more deeply. Her work includes attention to problems such as abandonment, family of origin issues, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and life purpose.
She helps people navigate parenting stress, postpartum depression, seasonal mood shifts, and obsessive-compulsive concerns when they come up in sessions. With ten years of clinical experience and licensure in multiple states, Alexis blends practical coaching with therapeutic care. She keeps language simple and meetings focused on what will make life easier day-to-day.
People who connect with her can expect steady support and hands-on tools to try between sessions.
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What Alexis works with
The areas below are the ones Alexis selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How these approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Online ACT sessions usually focus on practical exercises, mindful noticing, and setting small goals to change daily habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and then teaches specific techniques to change them. In an online CBT session, the therapist and client often use worksheets, behavior experiments, and homework to track progress and try new skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and impulsive behavior. When used online, DBT practice focuses on breathing and grounding techniques, emotion regulation skills, and step-by-step plans for handling crisis moments.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, daily life, and what has or hasn’t worked before. From there they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to make therapy fit a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or camera use is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging can be a shorter check-in between meetings or a better fit for someone who prefers writing. These options help make it easier to practice skills consistently and keep momentum between appointments.
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