Alexandria Lara, LPC

Alexandria Lara is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She uses clear, practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Her style aims to make therapy feel usable and straightforward for everyday life.

She focuses on helping people rebuild self-esteem and cope with grief, trauma, or challenges tied to parenting and family problems. Career concerns, anger, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder are also part of her work. Alexandria pays attention to issues like attachment, abandonment, codependency, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Her approach mixes techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy with client-centered and emotionally-focused practices. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Sessions are practical and aimed at small, achievable changes that add up over time.

Alexandria has about eight years of experience in both in-patient and outpatient settings. She has provided counseling to youth and adults in person and via telehealth, and she currently leads group counseling on topics like acculturation, adjustment, goal-setting, self-esteem, self-harm, and trauma.

She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the person is the expert on their own life. Alexandria works alongside clients to identify strengths and build skills that help them move toward their goals. Her communication is direct, empathetic, and focused on practical next steps.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Alexandria commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy as part of her approach, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and helps people try small experiments to change unhelpful patterns. Client-centered therapy is also part of her work and centers on listening, empathy, and helping a person identify their own goals and strengths.

She aims to find the best fit together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try an approach, and adjust methods as needed. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize CBT techniques, emotional processing, mindfulness practices, or motivational strategies for change.

Online sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is useful for more interactive skill work and face-to-face conversation, while phone calls can fit a busy schedule or lower bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can serve for brief check-ins, quick coaching between sessions, or when typing helps someone reflect more clearly. These options provide flexibility so people can work on goals from wherever fits their routine.