About Alexandra
Alexandra Faust is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Alabama with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Alexandra aims to create a warm, interactive space where clients can say what they think and feel without judgement.
Her sessions are practical and collaborative. She helps people spot how thoughts, feelings, and behavior connect. She uses short-term techniques to build motivation and longer-term strategies to keep progress going.
Background and approach
Alexandra adapts tools to each person, matching methods to goals and preferences. She often brings everyday culture into work when it helps - music, memes, books, or apps - to make sessions feel relevant and approachable. Her style is conversational and goal-focused, with room for exploration when needed.
Clients set priorities and she helps break them into doable steps. Alexandra has particular experience addressing family conflict and communication challenges. She also supports people dealing with control issues, impulsivity, isolation, and mood problems.
These topics are woven into sessions through skills practice and problem-solving. Seeking change can feel risky, and Alexandra emphasizes partnership during that process. She collaborates on treatment goals and adjusts plans as progress is made.
Her aim is to help people gain clearer direction and practical tools to handle everyday stressors and emotional struggles.
Practical approaches for online counseling and support
Alexandra uses evidence-based techniques to help people change patterns and build coping skills. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood. These techniques are useful for stress, worry, and depression because they link thinking with action and offer clear practice steps.She also draws on motivational interviewing to build and sustain commitment to change. This approach uses reflective conversation to clarify values and boost short- and long-term motivation for goals like improving confidence or managing impulses. Together these methods provide both skill-building and motivation work in sessions.
Finding the right mix is part of the process. Alexandra collaborates with each person to decide which approach fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She reviews progress and adjusts methods so work stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text work well for brief updates, worksheets, or when a written record of ideas is helpful. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English