Alesia Dunlap , LPC

Alesia Dunlap is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who helps people facing relationship and personal struggles. She focuses on everyday problems like anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, and parenting concerns. She also supports people coping with addictions, trauma, intimacy issues, and major life changes. Alesia brings 20 years of counseling experience to her work. She began her career later after earning a degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech and raising a family. She then completed an MA in Marriage and Family Counseling from Lancaster Bible College and moved into clinical work. Her sessions are practical and goal-oriented. She uses client-centered conversations to understand each person's needs. Then she offers strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She has experience in general practice and in settings addressing sexual and substance addictions. That range includes work with adults whose relationship struggles have roots in past sexual abuse and time spent counseling teenage boys in a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. Alesia emphasizes collaboration and decision-making in the present. She helps people identify small, realistic steps that build healthier patterns. Her aim is to turn life lessons into useful habits that ease daily functioning and relationships.

Therapeutic approaches for online care and change

Alesia uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's goals and perspective. This approach involves open listening and guiding conversations so clients feel heard while deciding what matters to them.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that affect relationships and self-esteem.

Another method she uses is EMDR, a therapy that helps people process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional hold. EMDR is often used for trauma and abuse-related concerns and can support recovery from distressing past events.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools feel most helpful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief reflections, or ongoing support between longer sessions.