Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Coaching
- ADHD
How Alyssa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Alyssa
Alyssa Whiteaker is a licensed independent clinical social worker, LICSW, practicing in Minnesota. She has six years of clinical experience helping people who face anxiety, stress, grief, anger, trauma, and ADHD-related challenges. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away and on honest conversation that respects each person's experience.
Alyssa often works with young adults, men and women, and neurodivergent individuals. She pays attention to boundaries, communication patterns, and how daily routines affect mood and behavior.
Background and approach
Sessions include clear skills and strategies alongside space to process hard feelings. Her approach draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with a client-centered stance that keeps the person's goals in view. She uses Motivational Interviewing when people want help finding motivation to make changes.
The goal is to find what helps in daily life rather than only talk about problems. In the therapy room she keeps things straightforward. She helps people develop coping tools for stress, improve communication at work or home, and work through guilt, shame, or grief.
Anger is approached with calm problem-solving and skills to reduce reactivity. Alyssa also supports concerns related to body image, caregiving stress, workplace issues, isolation, and post-traumatic stress. She meets people where they are and helps them build routines and strategies that fit their lives.
What Alyssa works with
Everything Alyssa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Alyssa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alyssa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Alyssa’s Approaches Work Online
Alyssa uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and when someone wants to live more in line with what matters to them.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT teaches practical skills for changing patterns that keep stress, anxiety, or anger cycling in daily life.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. Alyssa will talk with each person about goals and try methods that match those goals. She adjusts tools and homework based on how someone responds and what feels most helpful.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let people work face to face when needed. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or when bandwidth is lower. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions or use brief coaching-style support. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Alyssa
What concerns does Alyssa help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, trauma and ADHD, plus related issues like body image, workplace strain, and isolation.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is straightforward and collaborative, blending practical skills with space to process emotions in a nonjudgmental way.
What background and experience does she bring?
She has six years of clinical experience supporting adults and neurodivergent individuals through emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds a LICSW and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.