About Aliza
Aliza Castro is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 29 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who face substance use and co-occurring mental health concerns. Her style is calm, direct, and practical, aimed at helping people build coping skills and clear goals.
She offers a nonjudgmental, compassionate space where people can talk about loss, trauma, addiction, or identity questions related to adoption and foster care. Sessions emphasize listening first, then working together to set realistic steps that fit each person's life.
How Aliza works
Aliza helps people find motivation and move at a pace that feels manageable. Her background centers on integrated behavioral health work with clients who face mood disorders, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression alongside addiction. She also addresses issues like self-esteem, workplace stress, intimacy concerns, and caregiving strain.
Practical skill building and problem solving are frequent parts of her work. Aliza draws on several therapeutic methods to suit different needs, including client-centered talk, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies. These are used to reduce symptoms, change unhelpful patterns, and strengthen everyday routines.
Sessions are offered from Connecticut and are conducted in English. She accepts international clients and supports people who prefer video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Start by completing a short matching questionnaire to get connected.
Aliza lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Aliza works with
The areas below are the ones Aliza selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 29 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and can set their own goals. It helps when someone needs support to sort through feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thinking and behavior patterns and teaches specific skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and impulsive actions. It often involves clear steps and exercises between sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, what has helped or not helped before, and which methods feel comfortable. Together they will adjust tools and techniques over time to match changing needs and progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when internet bandwidth is sufficient. Phone sessions can be a good option when a quieter setting or less data use is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, journaling between sessions, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping work focused on skills, motivation, and steady progress.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with AlizaWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does she address?
What is her therapeutic style?
How long has she practiced?
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
Which languages are supported?
What session formats are available?
How does pricing work?
How do I begin working with her?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for addictions
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions
Practical therapy for stress and relationship strain