About Althea
Althea Fraser is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She draws on practical, evidence-informed approaches to help clients face life changes and rebuild a sense of balance. Althea keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented so people can see steady progress.
Althea uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen without judgment and focus on each person's goals.
How Althea works
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. These methods are paired with Attachment-Based ideas when relationship patterns and closeness are part of the concern. She works with people coping with career shifts, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and the challenges of aging and end-of-life planning.
Althea also addresses communication problems, infidelity, divorce and separation, and the emotional effects of disasters. Eating and hoarding concerns, guilt and shame, and hospice or end-of-life counseling are among other areas she supports. With four years of clinical experience, Althea aims to make therapy practical and approachable.
She helps people set small, achievable steps and checks in on how those steps feel in daily life. Her Florida license is LCSW and sessions are offered in English. Appointments are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Therapy uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and people start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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What Althea works with
The areas below are the ones Althea 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
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape how people connect and react in close relationships. Online sessions can focus on these patterns through discussion, role practice, and noticing reactions during conversations. Client-Centered Therapy places the person and their goals at the center of sessions, with the therapist listening carefully and reflecting what is said so people can choose their own direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety or improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about concerns, goals, and preferences and then recommend approaches to try. That choice is revisited as therapy continues so the plan fits changing needs and what feels helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when lower bandwidth is needed or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter updates, processing between sessions, or when writing helps clarify thoughts.
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A practical next step
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