Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Alexis works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Alexis
Alexis Hilling is a licensed professional counselor in Georgia with 17 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life changes. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, focused on small steps that lead to change.
She listens first and then works with each person to set clear, manageable goals. Sessions focus on everyday skills for coping, improving interactions, and handling strong emotions.
Background and approach
Alexis uses techniques from client-centered therapy to create a supportive space, and she draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy tools to build specific skills. In session she teaches ways to notice unhelpful thoughts and to practice different responses. She also helps people develop emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for intense moments.
Conversations are direct and action-oriented so clients can test new behaviors between appointments. Alexis has worked with many people over nearly two decades and brings steady, experienced guidance to practical problems like work stress, codependency, financial strain, and feelings of emptiness. She also supports those coping with grief, addiction issues, postpartum depression, and social anxiety.
Her style is collaborative and respectful. She aims to help people build routines and skills that fit real life. If someone wants clear next steps and tools for change, Alexis focuses on making progress one step at a time.
What Alexis works with
Everything Alexis lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Alexis's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alexis lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building a respectful connection. Online sessions let the therapist follow the client's lead, clarify concerns, and shape goals together in a conversational way.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In remote sessions this often looks like reviewing situations, practicing different reactions, and assigning short exercises between meetings to track progress.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. These tools are useful for strong emotions like anger and for improving communication, and they adapt well to video, phone, live chat, or text work.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and together they will try methods that feel like a good fit. Adjustments can be made over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls are helpful for in-depth dialogue, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can allow quick focused check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to practice new skills in day-to-day life.
Questions people ask about Alexis
What concerns does Alexis commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and parenting challenges, addictions, grief, self esteem, career issues, and life changes.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She combines a listening, client-centered stance with practical skills training. Sessions often include identifying thoughts, practicing new behaviors, and setting small goals.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 17 years of professional experience providing counseling to people with a wide range of concerns.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds an LPC credential and is licensed in Georgia.
Which languages are supported and are international clients taken?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with Alexis?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.