Alicia Gard, LMHC

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Compassionate, narrative-informed counseling

Details

Name	Alicia Gard
Credentials	LMHC
Based in	Florida
Licensed in	Florida
Session format	Online
Languages	English
Years in practice	9

About Alicia

Alicia Gard is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida. She brings nine years of experience helping people who feel stuck by anxiety, depression, addictive behaviors, grief, anger, or major life changes. Alicia focuses on simple, direct work that helps clients change unhelpful patterns and build steadier day-to-day coping skills.

She meets each person where they are and builds a plan that fits their life. Her approach mixes narrative work with cognitive and acceptance-based tools.

Background and approach

Sessions aim to clarify what matters to the client, shift painful stories, and try small experiments to see what helps. Alicia often helps people dealing with attachment wounds, abandonment, family of origin issues, and communication or control struggles. She also supports those facing substance misuse, co-morbid conditions, and impulsivity by breaking problems into manageable steps.

Her style is warm and respectful. She listens first, then offers practical strategies like acceptance and behavior change exercises, emotion regulation skills, and ways to reframe recurring stories about the self. Clients can expect a collaborative process that combines exploring personal life stories with concrete skill-building.

The goal is steadier mood, clearer choices, and stronger day-to-day functioning as goals evolve.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse among the things Alicia works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Existential Therapy: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Internal Family Systems: Listed by Alicia among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Alicia directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Alicia directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

Approaches that guide online sessions

Alicia draws on Narrative Therapy to help people look at the stories they tell about themselves. This approach helps identify unhelpful narratives and open space for new, more useful ways of understanding events and relationships.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify values and take meaningful steps even when difficult feelings are present. ACT supports work on anxiety, depression, and life transitions by combining acceptance with committed action.

Attachment-Based Therapy is another influence and is used to understand patterns that began in early relationships. That work can help with intimacy concerns, abandonment wounds, and chronic relationship struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Alicia treats therapy as a collaboration and will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She will check in and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be an easier fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, mood tracking, or faster problem-solving between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or treatment routines.

Common questions about this listing

What concerns does she commonly address?

Alicia works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, ADHD, and related issues like low self-esteem and relationship strain.

What is her general approach in sessions?

She combines Narrative Therapy with cognitive and acceptance-based methods to help people reframe their life stories and try practical behavior changes.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has nine years of counseling experience supporting people with mood, trauma, addiction, and family-of-origin concerns.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a licensed mental health counselor, FL LMHC, practicing in Florida.

Which language are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not taking international clients.

What session formats are available?

Appointments are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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