Alexandrea "Ally" DeFelice , LMHC

Alexandrea "Ally" DeFelice is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Massachusetts with 14 years of experience. She focuses on practical, everyday support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Ally aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters most to them.

Her work often centers on trauma and abuse recovery and on rebuilding self-esteem and confidence after difficult experiences. She helps people understand how attachment and past wounds may show up in current relationships. Sessions also address panic and mood concerns, and problems around impulsivity, guilt, or shame.

Ally uses a mix of approaches to match a person’s needs. She draws from attachment-based work to look at relationship patterns and from cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Dialectical strategies are used when intense emotions and self-regulation are a concern.

Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. She treats each person as the expert on their life and focuses on small, usable steps people can try between sessions. Conversation, practical tools, and thoughtful reflection are common parts of her sessions.

People who contact her can expect straightforward language and a focus on real-life problems like money worries, isolation, or finding life purpose. Ally works in English and combines experience with a respectful, steady approach to help people move forward.

How Ally’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and patterns, helping people notice repeating cycles and try healthier ways of connecting. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and can find their own direction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Ally will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and what feels most useful, then tailor techniques from these approaches. This helps make sessions relevant and focused on real-life change rather than one-size-fits-all methods.

Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These formats offer flexibility for appointments around work, childcare, or other responsibilities while keeping the same therapeutic methods available.