Alicia Cooper , LCSW

Alicia Cooper is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eight years of practice who uses evidence-based approaches to help people facing relationship and life stress. She centers conversations on what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on small, practical steps that build forward momentum. Alicia draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered methods to strengthen emotional connection and self-understanding. These approaches inform short- and longer-term plans tailored to each situation. Her work includes support for relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, and family-related stress. Alicia also helps people managing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, grief, and the aftereffects of trauma and abuse. She addresses related topics like body image, codependency, and substance use when they come up. Many people look for help with communication, commitment worries, or feeling overwhelmed by life changes. Alicia offers straightforward tools for coping, emotion regulation, and boundary setting. She encourages practical experiments between sessions so people can try new ways of relating and problem solving. Based in Colorado, Alicia frames therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people identify values, set realistic goals, and track progress. The work is paced to each person’s needs so they can build resilience over time.

How Alicia’s approaches translate to online work

Alicia often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes because it focuses on small, meaningful steps rather than trying to stop thoughts. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking that lead to upset and to teach practical strategies for changing those patterns. CBT works well for depression, anxiety, and day-to-day coping by giving concrete skills to practice between sessions. Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Alicia will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels most comfortable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter exchange is more convenient. These options support steady progress by making it simpler to keep appointments, practice new skills between sessions, and stay connected to care regardless of location.