About Alissa
Alissa Bell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She works with concerns like parenting strain, addiction, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and low self-esteem. Her manner is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping people feel more capable with day-to-day challenges.
Alissa draws on 13 years of clinical experience. She blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
How Alissa works
Sessions focus on small, manageable steps that fit into a person’s life rather than overwhelming homework or jargon. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Narrative therapy techniques are used when looking at how stories we tell ourselves shape feelings and choices.
These approaches help with habits like substance use, patterns in relationships, and reactions to traumatic events. In a typical session Alissa helps people set clear goals, try new coping skills, and review what worked between meetings. She pays attention to communication problems, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and issues around forgiveness or codependency.
Progress is tracked in simple ways so people can see small gains. Alissa aims to make therapy practical and respectful. She invites people to bring what matters most to them and to move at a pace that feels doable.
The focus is on building skills, increasing confidence, and improving daily functioning.
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What Alissa works with
The areas below are the ones Alissa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Alissa often combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people feel heard while learning concrete skills. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and building a trusting connection, which helps people open up and set personal goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical techniques for managing anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful habits.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotional regulation and stress tolerance are central concerns. DBT-style skills teach breathing, grounding, and communication tools that reduce intense reactions and improve daily functioning. Finding the right approach is part of the work together; the therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and the kinds of problems they bring up.
Online therapy makes these approaches more flexible. Video calls allow full conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can fit a short check-in or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging support brief check-ins, skill coaching, or homework review. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and try different formats to see what works best for them.
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