About Alisha
Alisha Ward is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in Kentucky with ten years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem, coaching, and compassion fatigue. Her work aims to help people find clearer direction and more manageable day-to-day coping.
Alisha often helps people explore life purpose and recover from traumatic experiences. She pays close attention to attachment concerns and the effects of guilt and shame. Her background includes support for veterans, people living with traumatic brain injury, and those facing substance use or codependency challenges.
How Alisha works
Her way of working is trauma-informed and person-centered. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. She listens for practical patterns and helps people try small, realistic changes between meetings.
Alisha also addresses aging and geriatric issues and women's mental health. She helps clients untangle family of origin dynamics and manage impulsivity. The emphasis is on building resilience and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
People who choose her often want clear tools and ongoing coaching alongside therapy. She uses everyday language during sessions and focuses on steps that fit into a busy life. The goal is to leave each session with one or two things to practice until the next meeting.
What Alisha works with
The areas below are the ones Alisha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Approach and online options for recovery and resilience
Alisha uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach helps people build coping skills for anxiety and stress by teaching simple breathing, grounding, and behavior adjustments that reduce distress in daily life. Another approach centers on trauma-informed care, which helps people make sense of past events and develop safer ways to relate to themselves and others, useful for those managing guilt, shame, or post-traumatic symptoms.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity of care regardless of location.
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