Sandra Alicea

Sandra Alicea is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of practice. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Sandra focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable.

She pays attention to the particular pressures women and caregivers often carry. Sandra also supports people dealing with isolation and loneliness, trauma reactions, and relationship communication struggles. Her goal is to help clients name what feels overwhelming and find clearer ways to cope.

Sandra uses straightforward, person-focused methods in sessions. She listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people test small changes that can reduce distress. Work in the room includes talking through problems, practicing new responses, and building routines that support recovery.

Mindfulness practices and cognitive techniques are tools she draws on to help manage anxiety, intrusive thoughts, or low mood. The focus is on skills that can be used between sessions to handle hard moments and rebuild a sense of agency.

Her long experience includes supporting those affected by disasters and those who carry guilt or shame. Sandra aims to create a respectful space where people can begin to reconnect with themselves and with others. She encourages self-compassion and realistic next steps rather than quick fixes.

How these approaches work in online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person sets the pace. It helps when someone needs to sort feelings, gain clarity, and feel heard without pressure.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or low mood through small experiments and homework between sessions.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and quiet racing thoughts. These techniques can help with stress, rumination, and moments of intense emotion.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on what is helpful.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time, and check in from a convenient space. If you want to know which session formats are available, confirm the current options before booking. Practical benefits include shorter gaps between appointments, easier continuity during life transitions, and the chance to practice skills in everyday routines.