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Alison Garcia, LMHC, LPC
Florida
LMHC and LPC - Stress and trauma
See online therapy optionsAbout Alison
Alison Garcia is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience in Florida. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and depression and offers direct, practical help for these concerns.
She works by helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and try different ways of responding. Sessions include clear talk about what is causing distress and concrete steps to change thinking or behavior. She encourages straightforward goal-setting and regular practice between meetings.
Her background includes long-term clinical work across settings that involved grief, trauma recovery, and managing strong emotions. That experience informs how she structures sessions and prioritizes coping skills that people can use right away.
Alison uses a mix of approaches that suit the issue at hand, including cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance-based strategies, and client-centered methods. She brings mindfulness and motivational interviewing into sessions when those methods help a person move past hesitation or get unstuck.
Her style is focused and practical. She helps people break problems into steps and track small changes over time. To begin, she asks clear questions about what matters most and builds a plan that targets those priorities.
How Alison applies structured approaches in online work
Alison often draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to help people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and habits. CBT focuses on concrete exercises and behavior experiments that can be reviewed between meetings to track progress.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and practice willingness toward difficult feelings. ACT helps when avoidance keeps someone stuck and they want to act toward meaningful goals. Client-centered methods are used to keep the work focused on the person's priorities and pacing, with questions and reflection that shape goals collaboratively.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. Alison will work with each person to decide which approaches fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts plans as progress is observed. That collaborative selection helps set realistic steps and homework that match daily life.
Practical benefits of online sessions include fitting meetings into a busy schedule and shortening commute time. Some people prefer sessions that do not require being on camera, or that are easier to combine with a work break; confirm the current session options before booking. Online work still centers on concrete practice, thought records, and short skills practice that can be done between meetings.
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Virginia, Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and depression, plus related family and relationship issues and body image or caregiver stress.
How does she typically approach therapy?
She uses practical, structured approaches that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, along with acceptance and mindfulness techniques when useful.
What is her clinical experience?
She has 15 years of professional work experience in clinical settings, including cases involving grief, trauma recovery, and emotion regulation.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and is based in Florida; her licenses include FL LMHC and VA LPC.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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