About Alyssa
Alyssa Van Lopik is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers compassionate, practical therapy for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship struggles. She writes short-term and longer-term plans with clients to address clear goals. Sessions focus on real-life skills and small steps that fit day-to-day life.
Alyssa has eight years of clinical experience in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, partial and intensive outpatient programs, and a independent practice in Austin, Texas.
How Alyssa works
She completed an undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Michigan and a Master of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. Her work uses a client-centered stance where the person sets the pace and priorities. She combines a strengths-based outlook with solution-focused strategies to help people identify what is working and what to build on.
Treatment plans are practical and tailored to each person's goals. In sessions she draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to change patterns that cause harm. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used for building mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for people processing traumatic experiences. Outside the therapy room, Alyssa is a Registered Yoga Teacher and enjoys reading, cooking, and travel. Her background in clinical settings informs a straightforward style that aims to make therapy useful and manageable for busy lives.
Alyssa lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Alyssa works with
The areas below are the ones Alyssa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the center of planning. The therapist follows the client's priorities and adjusts pacing so conversations focus on what matters most. This approach helps people set practical goals and try small changes between sessions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients see how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Online CBT often uses short exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments that can be practiced between video or text sessions to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes skill building in mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotion regulation. Those skills translate well to remote formats through coached practice, worksheets, and check-ins that support skill use in real situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That plan can shift over time as needs change, and clients are encouraged to give feedback about what helps.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different circumstances. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing coaching, and a mix of formats can be used to fit changing schedules. These options increase flexibility so therapy can fit into busy lives.
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