Therapist profile
Alyssa Lim, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting focus
Continue with AlyssaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Trauma and grief
About Alyssa
Alyssa Lim is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday struggles people bring from home, including stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, anger, depression, and coping with life changes. She also helps with trauma and abuse and covers additional areas such as adoption and foster care, communication problems, guilt and shame, and multicultural concerns.
Alyssa draws on work she has done in hospitals, the correctional system, the military system, and community agencies. She uses clear, practical techniques to help people manage symptoms and regain control of daily life. Sessions emphasize collaboration - the person and the therapist plan steps together and check progress along the way.
She often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors. That approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, panic, and many worry-driven patterns. Alyssa also applies evidence-based techniques for trauma-related reactions and for improving communication and family interactions.
In sessions she listens for immediate problems and for patterns that keep those problems going. Then she suggests short, doable exercises to try between meetings. Work might include skills practice, structured problem-solving, and ways to handle strong emotions more effectively.
People who choose her typically want concrete steps they can use at home. She supports practical progress and helps people notice small changes that add up over time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Alyssa commonly uses cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments. That approach is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and repetitive worry because it focuses on changing the thinking-feeling-behavior cycle. She also applies evidence-based strategies for trauma-related symptoms, which include grounding techniques and stepwise exposure to reduce strong reactions over time.Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will review your concerns, try initial techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The client and therapist decide together what to focus on and which exercises to practice between sessions.
The original biography did not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or school schedules. It can also let people use shorter check-ins when time is limited or choose audio-only meetings if bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Licensed professionals can adapt skills practice, problem-solving, and communication exercises to remote sessions so the work fits everyday life.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting issues, grief, sleep problems, anger, depression, trauma and related concerns.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She uses clear steps and homework to address thoughts, behaviors, and communication patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of counseling experience working in hospital settings, correctional environments, the military system, and community agencies.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Georgia and practices from that state.
Can someone who speaks another language work with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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