About Alexandra
Alexandra Degirolamo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions. Alexandra approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
She aims to tailor conversations and plans to fit each person's situation. In sessions she listens for what matters most and helps set small, doable goals. She supports people working through grief, trauma, relationship issues, career concerns, and challenges related to ADHD.
Background and approach
Her work also addresses body image, codependency, impulsivity, and substance-related problems. Alexandra frames therapy as a collaborative process. She helps clients identify coping strategies and practical steps they can try between sessions.
When patterns like avoidance, control issues, or communication problems show up, she helps break them into manageable pieces. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to fit each person. This means picking tools that match a client's goals and preferences rather than using the same plan for everyone.
Alexandra encourages honest feedback so the plan can change as progress happens. People who come to her for support can expect a straightforward, empathetic approach. The emphasis is on building skills, improving daily functioning, and strengthening relationships where needed.
Alexandra aims to empower clients as they work toward clearer priorities and better coping.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Alexandra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and real-life change. One common approach helps people learn coping skills for anxiety and stress through step-by-step exercises and practice between sessions; this suits worries, panic, and daily overwhelm. Another approach targets behavior patterns tied to addictions, impulsivity, or unhealthy routines by breaking habits into smaller parts and building replacement strategies that fit a person's daily life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alexandra will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them as progress is made or needs shift.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more depth is needed. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit short check-ins or homework support into a busy day. These options help people keep continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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