Alicia Jones , LMHC

Alicia Jones is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with eleven years in counseling. She has worked across nonprofit, court, and school settings. Her focus includes common life stresses such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship strain. She also supports people navigating parenting, adoption and foster care concerns, and issues related to identity and body image.

Her background includes crisis stabilization, case management, and supportive therapy in community programs. She supervised Juvenile Drug Court and ran outpatient substance use counseling for teenagers and their parents. More recently she has worked as a school counselor for middle and high school students addressing anxiety, trauma, social skills, and independent living skills.

Alicia uses a client-centered, strengths-based approach. She aims to meet people where they are and teach practical skills. Sessions often focus on setting small goals and breaking problems into manageable steps.

She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and on dialectical behavior strategies for emotional regulation. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used to help clients find their own motivation and quick, practical changes.

People who prefer a direct, skills-focused style tend to fit well with her approach. Alicia works with a wide range of concerns including stress, grief, addictions, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues. She practices in Florida and provides services in English.

How Alicia’s approaches translate to online work

Alicia uses client-centered work to understand each person’s needs and priorities, giving people space to set the pace and focus of sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be practiced between meetings with specific exercises. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered for emotional regulation and distress tolerance, useful when strong reactions or impulsivity get in the way of daily life.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Alicia will discuss goals and try different techniques to see what fits best. She collaborates with each person to tailor methods, combining skill teaching, short-term goal work, and motivational strategies as needed.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face discussion and guided skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.