Alaine Lagasse, LPC, LPCC

Alaine Lagasse is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota. She has 12 years of experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and life changes. She is direct and honest in sessions while remaining respectful and compassionate. Her work includes support for people who identify as LGBT and those coping with grief, sleep problems, or relationship struggles.

She uses a mix of cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and acceptance-based approaches to create practical goals. Sessions often include clear, focused conversations about what is getting in the way and steps to try between meetings. Motivational interviewing can be used to build momentum when changing habits feels hard.

Her style is interactive and results-oriented, yet flexible to each person’s pace. She tailors the plan to the client's needs and adjusts based on what is or isn’t helping. This can mean practicing new skills, trying acceptance strategies, or breaking large problems into small steps.

Alaine also pays attention to concerns that arise with aging and caregiving, and to blended family challenges and caregiver stress. She helps people dealing with isolation, codependency, substance issues, and complicated family dynamics.

If someone is ready to take a step toward change, she focuses on practical moves and steady progress. The aim is clearer thinking, more effective coping, and better day-to-day functioning.

How Alaine Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and choosing actions that match personal values; it can help with grief, depression, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and testing new ways of responding, which is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood concerns. Mindfulness therapy supports learning simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with the client to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean blending ACT, CBT, or mindfulness tools and adjusting as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions during breaks or from different locations. It can also make shorter check-ins or focused skill practice more practical. Licensed professionals can guide which format and approach are best for the issues you want to address.