- Years in practice
- 26
- Credentials
- LCSW, LMHC
- Licensed in
- Idaho, Washington
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Alicia
Alicia Powell is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed mental health counselor with 26 years in the mental health field. She focuses on parents and adults coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative, so people help shape their own goals and plans in sessions.
She has worked with many concerns over the years, including ADHD, anger, eating issues, OCD, depression, grief, and the effects of abuse and domestic violence.
Background and approach
She also brings experience with caregiver stress, adoption and foster care concerns, and attachment-related issues. Alicia is comfortable discussing financial stressors, having completed Ramsey Financial Coach master's training. In sessions she emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental tone.
She helps people name what matters most and then tries practical ways to change thoughts, feelings, or habits. Techniques draw on attachment ideas, cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness, client-centered listening, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when helpful. Alicia holds an LCSW and an LMHC and is licensed in Idaho and Washington according to the credentials she lists.
She offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging so sessions can fit into busy schedules. Therapy is shaped around each person's goals and pace. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules based on the therapist's availability.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What Alicia works with
Everything Alicia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Alicia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alicia lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Alicia Uses Approaches Online
Alicia commonly draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early bonds affect current relationships and parenting responses. She uses simple questions and reflective listening to surface patterns and then looks for small changes that can improve connection.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting-related worries by offering concrete tools and short exercises to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Alicia works with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level, and she adjusts the plan as progress or new challenges appear. The process is collaborative and paced to what the person wants to achieve.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use visual cues when that matters, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text-based messaging can be useful for brief updates or coaching between meetings. These options offer flexibility so therapy can continue even with changing schedules.
Questions people ask about Alicia
What concerns does she address related to parenting?
She helps parents manage stress, parenting strain, relationship friction, and related anxiety or grief. Parenting is listed among the areas she focuses on.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions are collaborative and nonjudgmental. She combines listening with practical techniques from several therapeutic approaches.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience in the mental health field, working across many concerns from trauma to mood and behavioral issues.
Which credentials and region are listed?
She lists LCSW and LMHC credentials and is based in Idaho, with licensure in Washington also referenced in her background.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps start the process of working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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