About Alysia
Dr. Alysia Smith uses goal-focused, practical therapy to help people tackle stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship strain. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and brings six years of clinical experience to sessions in Wisconsin.
She works in straightforward ways that aim to build coping skills and reduce immediate distress. Sessions often include clear tools for managing anxiety and mood, plus step-by-step plans for changing harmful habits tied to addiction.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what a person wants to change and what feels achievable right now. Dr. Smith draws on methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to flatten overwhelming thoughts and teach emotion regulation.
She also uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change and to strengthen a person’s own reasons for moving forward. Her approach treats each person as the expert on their own life. She looks for strengths, not just problems, and helps people use those strengths to handle hard moments, grief, and questions about purpose.
She also addresses multicultural concerns and issues that affect young adults and veterans. Practical matters are part of the work. Sessions can include skill practice, short homework tasks, and planning for tricky situations.
Dr. Smith keeps language simple and focuses on real-world changes so people can notice progress between sessions.
How evidence-based approaches translate online
Dr. Smith uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments that change feelings and behavior. CBT works well for anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems by breaking big issues into smaller steps.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT-style skills can be useful when strong emotions make decision-making hard. Motivational interviewing is used to explore a person's readiness for change and to strengthen their own reasons for trying new behaviors.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, and then suggest a path forward. That plan can be adjusted as the work progresses to fit the client's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for teaching skills and role play. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief updates, coaching between sessions, and flexible scheduling. These options help people use therapy around work, school, and daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Kansas
- Languages
- English