Alice Ford , LCSW

Alice Ford is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia with 35 years of practice. She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, and relationship strain. Her work often centers on women's issues and on concerns that arise from military life and multicultural backgrounds.

Alice creates a calm, direct space where people can talk about hard things. She listens for patterns connected to family history, communication problems, and feelings like guilt or shame. She also addresses isolation and social anxiety in practical ways people can try between sessions.

Her background includes long experience with trauma and post-traumatic stress, including work related to veteran and armed forces issues. That history informs how she approaches safety, pacing, and rebuilding trust after harm. She pays attention to cultural context and how identity shapes stress and relationships.

Sessions focus on clear goals and real-world skills. People work on communication, setting boundaries, repairing relationships, and processing painful memories at a pace that feels manageable. Alice encourages small changes that add up over time.

Her style is steady and conversational. She balances empathy with straightforward guidance and homework when useful. The aim is to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning while honoring each person's story.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Alice uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address trauma and mood concerns. For trauma and post-traumatic stress she focuses on pacing, safety, and gradual processing so people can work through painful memories without becoming overwhelmed. For anxiety and depression she emphasizes skills that reduce symptoms in daily life, such as behavioral activation and anxiety management techniques that are practiced between sessions.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences together and adjust methods as progress is made. The process may shift from stabilizing symptoms to building communication and relationship skills as goals evolve.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video sessions let people use visual cues for deeper conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit care into a busy life and to maintain continuity when travel or relocation occurs.