Alicia Herman, LCSW

Alicia Herman is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and life transitions. She writes plainly and listens closely to learn what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on real goals people bring from day to day. Alicia uses practical methods to break down problems into manageable steps. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic ideas, and solution-focused techniques. Those tools get combined to match the issue a person wants to tackle. She works with concerns like intimacy and self-esteem, career strain, trauma and post-traumatic stress, and issues common to LGBT clients. Alicia also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, aging-related challenges, isolation, money worries, and addiction recovery. Her caseload reflects a wide range of life and mood issues. A typical session looks at current problems and small, doable changes. She helps clients notice patterns, set short-term goals, and practice new behaviors between sessions. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Alicia has nine years of clinical experience and holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She practices from Indiana and conducts sessions in English. The aim is to build a steady working relationship that leads to clearer choices and better everyday functioning.

How Alicia Brings Evidence-Based Tools to Online Care

Alicia often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and mood problems. She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy to help clients clarify values and take committed action even when hard feelings remain. Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when someone feels unsure about making a change and needs help finding internal motivation.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Alicia will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. She adjusts techniques over time so the work stays relevant to what the client wants to accomplish.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging helps keep momentum between sessions. These options let people match the format to their schedule and comfort while continuing steady therapeutic progress.