About Alli
Alli Santa helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, or past trauma. She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, practicing in Oregon with nine years of clinical experience. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making change feel possible even when things seem stuck.
She focuses on building self-understanding and resilience. Sessions often include practical steps to reduce stress, manage anxious thoughts, and handle painful memories. She also supports people working through low self-esteem and social anxiety, helping them take small, manageable risks in everyday life.
How Alli works
Alli pays attention to how relationships and communication affect emotional health. She helps people untangle guilt, shame, and isolation, and she offers guidance for those navigating divorce and separation. The work often covers setting boundaries, improving how someone speaks up, and restoring a sense of self-worth.
Her practice emphasizes collaboration. Clients can expect a mix of talking, reflection, and skill-building tailored to what feels useful. Progress is measured in real-life changes such as calmer reactions, clearer choices, and better connection with others.
Outside sessions she draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape interventions and homework. The aim is steady, sustainable change - more self-love, clearer life purpose, and healthier patterns over time.
What Alli works with
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Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Alli draws on established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding thoughts and building coping skills. One common approach she uses helps people learn to identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more balanced thinking to reduce anxiety and low mood. This work is practical and often includes short exercises between sessions.She also uses techniques aimed at processing difficult memories and reactions to trauma. Those methods help people make sense of traumatic events, reduce intense emotional reactions, and develop safer ways of responding in daily life. Sessions typically mix gentle exploration of the past with skills to manage distress in the present.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, listen to the client’s goals, and adapt methods to match personal preferences and needs. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual connection, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging can fit brief check-ins or ongoing support, and all formats let people fit therapy around work, school, and family life.
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