Alaina Bigger
Practical help for family and life stressors
- Credentials
- LISW, LCSW
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- California, Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Alaina
Alaina Bigger is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, trauma, and parenting challenges. She practices under California and Ohio licenses and draws on 14 years of professional experience. Her tone is straightforward and practical for parents looking for real support.
She often works with families and with individuals who want a broader view of how relationships affect daily life. Sessions focus on practical steps to reduce stress, improve communication, and manage strong emotions like anger or guilt.
Background and approach
She pays attention to life transitions and career-related concerns as they affect family functioning. Her clinical training includes cognitive behavioral techniques, psychodynamic ideas, and systemic ways of looking at problems. Cognitive behavioral strategies help people change patterns of thinking and behavior.
Psychodynamic ideas look at repeated life patterns and how past experiences shape present responses. Systemic approaches consider how family roles and interactions affect each person. Alaina uses a collaborative, strengths-oriented style that treats clients as experts on their own lives.
She helps people identify small changes that make daily life easier. The emphasis is on clear goals and usable tools rather than long explanations. She sees clients in California and holds the following credentials: LISW which is Licensed Independent Social Worker and LCSW which is Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Sessions are offered in English and include several online formats to fit different schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit family life
Alaina commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and systemic ideas in her work. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or low mood. Systemic approaches look at how family roles and patterns affect each person and help shift interactions that cause stress or conflict.Finding the right approach is a process. She collaborates with each person to figure out what methods match their goals, needs, and day-to-day routines. Together they try specific strategies, review what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility for busy families. These options make it easier to fit sessions around school, work, and caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide consistent support without requiring travel, while still focusing on concrete skills and family-centered solutions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California, Ohio
- Languages
- English
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