About Alicia
Alicia Colon is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people facing relationship strain, anxiety, depression, trauma, and phobias. She draws on 26 years of experience in Massachusetts to offer steady, experienced support. Alicia speaks English and focuses on clear, manageable steps that fit daily life.
She frames clients as experts in their own stories and looks for strengths to build on. In sessions she helps people identify patterns, practice new ways of responding, and set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct and compassionate, with an emphasis on skills you can use between meetings. Alicia works with common concerns such as anger, self-esteem, sleep problems, parenting stress, career worries, and mood swings including bipolar-related challenges. She also supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue.
Other areas she addresses include ADHD, caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. Her style is collaborative and focused on practical change. She helps clients break issues into small steps and try new behaviors in safe ways.
Progress is tracked through real-world examples and adjustments are made when something is not working. People who choose Alicia often want straightforward guidance and a plan they can follow between sessions. She can offer video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
Evidence-based techniques delivered online
Many of her sessions use evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building practical skills. For example, cognitive-behavioral strategies involve noticing thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage phobias, and improve mood. Another commonly used approach emphasizes trauma-informed care that helps people process difficult experiences at a comfortable pace and learn coping tools for triggers and flashbacks.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alicia takes a collaborative stance and will help clients try methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. She adjusts techniques based on what helps most and keeps clients involved in choosing the next steps.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can provide quick check-ins or support between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving schedules, or busy days while still getting regular, focused help.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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