About Alis
Alis Africano offers calm, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, and life changes. She works with individuals who feel stuck by relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, or mood challenges. Clients can expect gentle guidance and practical steps they can use between sessions.
Alis draws on 15 years of professional experience and holds MD and LCPC credentials. She believes each person is the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and realistic tools rather than jargon. Her approach blends evidence-informed techniques with a warm, client-centered stance. That means listening closely, reflecting what matters most, and offering strategies tailored to daily life.
Alis may introduce exercises to manage strong emotions, restructure unhelpful thoughts, or clarify personal values. She also addresses issues like parenting stress, grief, anger, ADHD, and multicultural or immigration concerns. When trauma or abuse is part of the story, she works at a pace the client can tolerate and prioritizes safety and stability.
Alis provides services in English and Spanish and accepts international clients. People use different session formats for different needs, and she adapts her approach to what fits each person’s routine and goals.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, meaningful steps toward them. It helps when worry or avoidance keeps someone from living the life they want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns and manage mood and anxiety symptoms.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what feels useful. Sessions can include skill practice, behavioral experiments, and planning that relate directly to daily routines.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering real flexibility. Video lets people work face to face when that helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break. Live chat or messaging can support quick check-ins, skill reminders, or shorter weekly touchpoints between longer sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English, Spanish