- CBT strategies
- Attachment focus
- Solution steps
About Alexis
Alexis Kirkendall is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Arizona with 17 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She speaks English and Spanish.
Alexis uses straightforward, person-focused sessions. She listens for what matters most and helps people set small goals. Sessions use practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and solution-focused steps to change unhelpful patterns and calm strong feelings.
Her background includes long experience with family and attachment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, fatherhood issues, and complicated grief such as abandonment and shame. That history shapes how she notices patterns that repeat across relationships and parenting roles.
In sessions she combines attachment-based ideas with client-centered techniques. That means attention to how past relationships influence current reactions, alongside clear, short-term strategies to try between meetings. Motivational interviewing is used when someone wants help finding reasons to change and keeping momentum.
Her work addresses multicultural challenges, immigration-related stress, and prejudice or discrimination as they affect mood and relationships. People who struggle with impulsivity, self-harm thoughts, pregnancy and childbirth stress, or blended family problems will find focused, practical conversation and planning.
To begin, readers are asked to use the site's matching button, complete a short questionnaire, and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How her approaches translate to online work
Alexis commonly draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques in her practice. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and helps people notice and change repeating patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce strong emotional reactions and manage anger.She also uses solution-focused methods that concentrate on small, achievable changes. These sessions emphasize steps to try between meetings so progress can be observed quickly. The therapist treats finding the right mix of methods as a collaborative process and will work with each person to choose what fits their goals and preferences.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, allow brief check-ins when time is limited, or remove travel time from a schedule. The focus online remains the same - noticing patterns, practicing specific skills, and trying short exercises between meetings to reduce anger and improve relationships.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she help with?
She supports people managing temper outbursts, building skills for work frustration, and handling resentment in close relationships.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is person-focused and practical. She listens, helps set small goals, and uses clear tools to change patterns.
How many years has she practiced?
She has 17 years of clinical experience working with people on trauma, parenting, relationships, and mood concerns.
What is her credential and where is she based?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Arizona.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and the service uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.