About Alaine
Alaine Lagasse is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing from Minnesota with 12 years of experience. She focuses on practical, straightforward support for people facing anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, trauma, and life transitions. Her style is direct yet compassionate, aimed at helping clients take concrete steps forward.
She uses a mix of approaches that include cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, and mindfulness exercises.
Background and approach
Sessions often center on identifying patterns that cause distress and trying small, doable changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. Alaine adapts the conversation to each person’s needs and goals. She has a background working with clients who have experienced combat-related and sexual trauma, and she has supported people managing substance use, relationship strain, and career shifts.
Her work also covers concerns such as grief, sleep problems, self-esteem, bipolar mood issues, and ADHD. Alaine is open to discussing aging and caregiver stress, blended family challenges, and communication or codependency concerns. People who prefer a clear, action-focused therapist may find her approach helpful.
She emphasizes honesty and facing fears while treating everyone with respect and sensitivity. Alaine affirms and supports those who identify as straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning. Sessions are offered in English and are available through online formats.
To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step match people to a session rhythm that fits their life.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Alaine commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence each other and uses practical exercises to break unhelpful cycles; it can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and coping skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and learning to accept difficult feelings while committing to actions that matter; it can help with stress, trauma responses, and life changes.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, test methods early on, and adjust the plan if something does not fit. That way the work stays practical and aligned with what the person wants to achieve.
Online therapy with Alaine is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions allow a face-to-face rhythm similar to office visits. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick coaching between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit care into busy days and differing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Alaska, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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