Alicia Cunningham, LPC

Alicia Cunningham is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people coping with parenting strain, caregiver stress, ADHD, and life changes related to aging and geriatric issues. Alicia works with clients around self-esteem, anger, sleep problems, career concerns, and trauma-related difficulties. She provides a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk and take concrete next steps.

Alicia uses practical therapy methods to rebuild connection and coping. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice thinking patterns and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and committed action. Attachment-based and emotionally focused approaches guide deeper relationship work. Client-centered skills keep sessions grounded in each person's goals and pace.

Sessions focus on real-world change. Alicia helps people develop coping skills, improve communication, and rebuild self-worth. She supports clients through grief, separation, adoption or foster-care concerns, and chronic illness stress by making plans that fit daily life. Work can include coaching-style goal setting alongside traditional counseling conversations.

With ten years of experience, Alicia blends practical tools with supportive listening. She aims to help people reconnect with themselves and feel more in control. People who want focused, compassionate help for life transitions often find this approach useful.

To begin, she asks clients to identify immediate goals and then builds a plan together. Progress is reviewed regularly so the work stays relevant to changing needs and circumstances.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Alicia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify personal values, and take small actions that add meaning to life. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with major life transitions.

She also brings attachment-based ideas to relationship and intimacy work, focusing on patterns of connection and how to build safer, more responsive ways of interacting. Emotionally-focused strategies are used when people want to strengthen bonds or work through painful feelings in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alicia will collaborate with each person to choose what feels most useful based on goals and preferences. Therapy plans are adapted over time so methods match changing needs.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins on a day with limited time, or scheduling around work and caregiving responsibilities. Talk-based approaches like ACT and attachment work translate well to remote conversations and can focus on skills, emotional processing, and action plans that you practice between sessions.