Therapist profile
Alicia Cunningham, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and Parenting issues
Continue with AliciaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting concerns
- Attachment work
About Alicia
Alicia Cunningham is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with ten years of experience. She focuses on common concerns people bring from home, including stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, and questions around identity such as LGBT concerns.
She uses practical approaches to help people regain a sense of control. Sessions are conversational and focused on clear goals. Alicia draws on methods like cognitive behavioral work and attachment-focused ideas to notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses.
Her style centers on active listening and helping people build skills they can use between sessions. That can mean practicing new ways to communicate, shifting self-critical thinking, using mindfulness to reduce reactivity, or setting small achievable goals for change.
Clients often bring parenting stress, blended-family pressures, caregiving burden, or problems tied to past abandonment or adoption experiences. Alicia also addresses chronic illness and pain, compassion fatigue, and workplace or career stress when those issues affect life at home.
She asks people to name what matters to them and then tests practical steps that fit day-to-day life. Progress is tracked in simple terms and adjusted as needed. The aim is steady, usable change rather than quick fixes.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Alicia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. ACT often helps when someone feels stuck by worry or avoidance and wants concrete steps to live more in line with their goals.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy concepts to look at how early relationship patterns affect current behavior and emotions. That approach can help when trust, closeness, or repeated conflict show up in adult relationships or in the ways parents and caregivers relate to children.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alicia will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That plan is reviewed and adjusted together, so the approach evolves based on what helps most.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy day, keep appointments during travel, or choose shorter check-ins when that fits a schedule. Many people find it easier to practice skills in real life between sessions when therapy fits into their routine.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which family or parenting concerns does she address?
She supports adults who are coping with parenting stress, blended-family challenges, caregiver strain, and related relationship tensions.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
She uses conversational, skill-focused sessions combining CBT, attachment ideas, mindfulness, and emotionally focused techniques to try practical changes between visits.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and parenting stress.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Missouri.
Can she work with me in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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