About Alison
Alison "Cindy" Lapidus is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues with self-esteem. She works with those coping with grief, depression, addictions, or major life changes. Cindy also supports clients dealing with career strain, compassion fatigue, parenting stress, and problems sleeping.
She uses straightforward, practical work in sessions. Clients can expect a warm, nonjudgmental tone and an emphasis on concrete steps.
How Alison works
Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and small, doable actions to get there. Cindy draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and on mindfulness to build calm and focus. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person's priorities.
For relationship concerns she brings in principles from the Gottman Method to clarify patterns and improve communication. Her style is collaborative. She listens for what matters most, and then helps people test new ways of relating and coping.
Motivational interviewing tools are used when someone wants help finding motivation to change habits or make decisions. With 14 years of experience and licensure in California and Florida as an LMFT, Cindy blends practical tools with steady support. Sessions are offered in English and structured to meet everyday life challenges.
If someone wants to explore coaching, career direction, or deeper emotional work, she frames the work around the client's goals and timing.
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What Alison works with
The areas below are the ones Alison selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approach and online therapy options
Client-centered therapy prioritizes the person's own goals and rhythm in sessions, meaning the therapist follows what the client brings and helps guide change at a comfortable pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. The Gottman Method offers concrete tools for improving communication and reducing harmful patterns in relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that match your goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaboration makes it easier to find strategies that feel useful and realistic.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversations, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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