About Alicia
Alicia Swisher is a licensed social worker in Michigan who helps people manage grief, anger, depression, anxiety, and stress. She supports those facing relationship issues, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and changes brought by illness or chronic pain. Alicia brings a calm, respectful presence and aims to make early steps feel less overwhelming.
She uses straightforward conversation and practical steps in sessions. Alicia listens first to understand what matters most, then works with each person to set simple goals and small changes.
How Alicia works
Sessions focus on coping skills, emotion management, and rebuilding routines after loss or major life change. With four years of professional experience, Alicia has worked with people affected by cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and first responder or veteran-related stress. She is familiar with issues that intersect health problems and emotional wellbeing.
Her background helps her notice how physical illness, caregiving, and work-related trauma affect daily life. Alicia adapts the pace to each person. She aims for clear, direct talk and practical tools that people can use between sessions.
People can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk through hard topics and plan next steps. When someone reaches out, Alicia will tailor conversation and a plan to that person’s needs and circumstances. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and checks in often to make sure the approach is working.
The goal is steady progress toward a more manageable, meaningful life.
What Alicia works with
The areas below are the ones Alicia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Alicia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical coping and emotion management. One approach emphasizes teaching concrete coping skills for stress, anxiety, and anger so people have tools to use between sessions. Another approach concentrates on processing grief and major life changes through steady, paced conversation and planning to restore routines and meaningful activities.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then she and the client pick or adjust methods collaboratively so therapy fits the person’s needs and pace.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when deeper interaction helps. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when being off-camera is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when scheduling needs require more flexible timing.
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