About Alicia
Alicia Cunningham is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works with clients on sleep problems, parenting strain, career questions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and other life changes that feel overwhelming. Alicia focuses on clear, practical steps in counseling.
Sessions aim to rebuild self-esteem, teach coping skills, and improve communication. She encourages people to reconnect with their values and take small actions that add up over time.
Background and approach
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Alicia listens without judgment and then offers options based on what a person needs. People can expect honest feedback, goal-focused conversations, and tools to try between sessions.
She uses several approaches to suit different situations. Those include acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based work, emotionally-focused methods, and client-centered listening. The exact mix depends on the concern and the person's preferences.
Alicia brings ten years of experience to her practice. She works by helping people notice patterns, practice new skills, and make gradual changes that fit their life. The process is intended to feel supportive and practical, not rushed or overly technical.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Alicia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and commit to small actions that reflect those values. ACT is useful when feelings or worries are getting in the way of living the life someone wants. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses, which can help with intimacy, abandonment concerns, and relationship distress.Choosing the right approach is a team process. Alicia will talk with clients about problems, goals, and preferences, then recommend a mix of methods to try. That plan can shift as progress is made or new issues come up, keeping the work practical and tailored to the person.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for deeper conversations that benefit from face-to-face contact, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and try methods consistently over time.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English