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Alicia Jones

Compassionate, goal-focused support for families

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Credentials
LMHC
Experience
11 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Alicia

Alicia Jones is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with eleven years in the counseling field. She has worked across nonprofit programs, juvenile court services, and school settings to support people facing mood disorders, substance use challenges, grief, and family stress. Her Florida practice centers on practical help for everyday struggles like anxiety, parenting concerns, self-esteem, and relationship tensions.

She draws on concrete skills training and goal-setting rather than abstract theory.

Background and approach

Sessions often focus on small steps clients can try between meetings. The aim is to teach coping tools and build strengths that make daily life easier. Her background includes crisis stabilization, case management, and outpatient substance use counseling.

She supervised Juvenile Drug Court work, helping teens and parents develop coping strategies for substance-related and co-occurring issues. More recently she has provided school-based counseling for middle and high school students addressing anxiety, trauma, social skills, and independent living skills. In family and parenting contexts she offers direct, practical support for communication, blended family challenges, and caregiver stress.

She also addresses eating and body image concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, and mood disorders including bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Alicia favors a strengths-based, client-centered approach and uses goal-oriented methods. She helps people break problems into manageable steps and practices new skills together.

Her work emphasizes collaboration, skill building, and steady progress over time.

Approaches for online family and parenting support

Alicia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT helps people manage anxiety, mood challenges, and problem habits by practicing different ways of thinking and acting.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers sessions on the person's goals and pace. That approach emphasizes active listening, empathy, and working together to set goals that matter to the client.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose or combine methods based on their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in practice. This is a joint process that can shift as progress is made.

Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and ongoing text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to follow up between meetings. They allow for flexible check-ins, practicing skills in real time, and staying connected while coordinating around school and work commitments.

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.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting and family issues, and related concerns like body image and grief.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and strengths-based. She focuses on setting goals, teaching skills, and breaking problems into manageable steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings eleven years of experience in nonprofit, juvenile court, outpatient substance use, and school-based counseling settings.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Florida LMHC MH13470 and practices in Florida.
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 for remote work.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
11 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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