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Online therapist

Alexandra Levin

Practical support for parents and families

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
7 years
Licensed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Alexandra

Alexandra Levin is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional struggles. She speaks plainly, listens closely, and helps parents and caregivers sort through stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. She works with individuals, couples, and families across different ages and stages.

Her style is calm and direct. Sessions emphasize practical support for people in crisis and those handling life changes.

Background and approach

She encourages open conversation and aims to create a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be named. Alexandra uses approaches that center the person’s experience and story. She draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace and priorities.

Narrative techniques help people reframe difficult events and find new meanings in family roles and relationships. She also brings trauma-focused tools when past harm affects daily life or parenting. That work focuses on stabilizing reactions and building skills to manage difficult memories and emotions over time.

Alexandra holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in New Jersey and has seven years of professional experience. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy family schedules. To begin, parents complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care for families

Alexandra integrates client-centered work and trauma-focused methods into online sessions. Client-centered Therapy means the therapist listens without judgment and follows the family’s priorities, which can help with parenting stress, relationship concerns, and decision-making. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers practical skills to manage strong reactions and to reduce the impact of past harm on daily life and family interactions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Together they decide whether to emphasize listening and reflection, storytelling and meaning-making, or skills for managing trauma responses, and they adjust the plan as needed.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit care into busy family schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions work when video isn’t possible, and live chat or text-based messaging provide brief check-ins or support between appointments. These options offer flexibility and steady access to a licensed professional for ongoing parenting and family work.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Narrative Therapy

Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?
Alexandra helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting and family problems, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, career changes, and compassion fatigue. She also works with related topics such as attachment issues, caregiver stress, and family of origin concerns.
What is the general therapeutic approach and style?
She uses a client-centered, conversational style that follows each person’s needs. She also incorporates narrative and trauma-focused techniques to help reframe experiences and address the effects of past harm.
How much experience does she have?
Alexandra has seven years of professional experience working with individuals, couples, and families, including people in crisis and those facing major life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - licensed in New Jersey with license number NJ LPC 37PC01006800 and practices from New Jersey.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and family needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
7 years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English

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