Alicia Gray , LMFT

Alicia Gray is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate grief and depression, and handle major life changes. Her work often centers on issues that commonly affect women, including pregnancy and childbirth concerns and self-love challenges.

Alicia takes a straightforward and respectful approach. She listens first, then tailors conversations and plans to each person's situation. Sessions are practical and grounded, with tools and steps clients can try between meetings.

Her background includes using cognitive and mindfulness-based strategies alongside emotion-focused skills. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT ideas to teach coping and emotion regulation. Existential ideas also inform conversations about meaning, values, and life purpose.

People who come to her can expect clear explanations and gentle challenges when needed. She pays attention to cultural context and multicultural concerns. Communication problems and relationship strain are common topics she helps people talk through.

Alicia aims to create an encouraging space where clients feel seen and heard. She supports young adults facing transitions and people working through mood disorders and panic symptoms. The goal is to build skills and greater self-understanding over time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, panic symptoms, and depression because it breaks problems into smaller steps that can be practiced between sessions.

DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. These strategies help when strong emotions or relationship conflicts make daily life harder.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alicia will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they adjust methods over time so the work matches the client's needs and pace.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is good for deeper conversations, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging helps people reflect between appointments. These options add flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other demands.