Alicia Lee, LCSW
Warm, direct therapy focused on real-life change
Details
| Name | Alicia Lee |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Connecticut |
| Licensed in | Connecticut |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 4 |
About Alicia
Alicia Lee is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Connecticut who helps people find words for what feels messy and confusing. She aims to make first sessions feel manageable and calm so people can begin even when they aren’t sure where to start. Alicia’s style is warm, direct, and conversational.
She mixes humor and real talk with gentle challenge, so sessions can include celebration, reflection, and the tougher questions that lead to change.
Background and approach
She will point out patterns that may be keeping someone stuck and work alongside them to try different ways of responding. Her practice focuses on relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, navigating life transitions, stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and grief, mood issues, and challenges like parenting, career change, and ADHD.
She also works with concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues tied to adoption or foster care. Alicia uses several approaches, including Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She adapts these methods to each person, aiming for practical next steps rather than only talk.
She is particularly attentive to people of varied identities and relationship structures, and intends to offer a culturally responsive, sex-positive, and affirming space. Alicia brings four years of clinical experience to her work and practices in Connecticut.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues among the things Alicia works with, alongside the areas below.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
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.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): 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.
- Systemic Therapy: 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
How Alicia’s approaches translate to online work
Alicia draws on Narrative Therapy to help people reframe the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships, making space for new meanings and choices. This approach can be useful for identity questions, relationship changes, and situations where a person feels stuck in an old narrative.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them, and to clarify what matters most so action follows values. ACT is often helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy is part of her toolkit for understanding how early relationship patterns show up now and influence current trust and intimacy concerns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alicia will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences, adjusting techniques as trust and insight grow. She aims to help clients try practical steps between sessions and check in about what is or isn’t working.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make scheduling easier, allow shorter check-ins when life is busy, and reduce travel time so therapy fits into daily routines. Licensed professionals, including therapists like Alicia, can guide people through matching an approach to their needs during the first meetings.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Alicia works with relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and grief, mood disorders, parenting and career concerns, and related challenges such as body image, caregiver stress, and chronic illness.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her style is warm, conversational, and sometimes challenging. She uses narrative and evidence-informed methods to help people spot patterns and try different ways of responding.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of clinical experience as a practicing social worker in mental health settings.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, CT LCSW, and she practices in Connecticut.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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