- Strength-based
- Mind-body focus
- Practical skills
About Allie
Allie Vierra is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, bipolar challenges, and big life changes. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps parents and young adults can use right away. Her style aims to build confidence by finding strengths and practicing new coping skills.
Allie earned a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Criminal Justice from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. She began her career at a nonprofit family services agency and has eight years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, substance use, trauma, and young people navigating developmental challenges.
For several years she served as the lead therapist for a wraparound justice-involved program in San Luis Obispo County, working with people experiencing chronic homelessness and serious mental health and substance use issues. She has also supported youth involved in the child welfare system and clients connected to the criminal justice system. She has completed training in suicide awareness, prevention, and management.
In sessions she and the client collaborate to choose an approach that fits personal goals. She uses exercises that combine mind and body awareness and encourages staying with feelings instead of avoiding them. That process helps people question limiting beliefs and try new ways of coping.
Allie aims to bring her genuine self to the work and encourages clients to do the same. Her goal is to help people become more confident in handling life’s challenges, notice internal strengths, and establish coping strategies they can use outside of therapy.
Allie earned a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Criminal Justice from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. She began her career at a nonprofit family services agency and has eight years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, substance use, trauma, and young people navigating developmental challenges.
For several years she served as the lead therapist for a wraparound justice-involved program in San Luis Obispo County, working with people experiencing chronic homelessness and serious mental health and substance use issues. She has also supported youth involved in the child welfare system and clients connected to the criminal justice system. She has completed training in suicide awareness, prevention, and management.
In sessions she and the client collaborate to choose an approach that fits personal goals. She uses exercises that combine mind and body awareness and encourages staying with feelings instead of avoiding them. That process helps people question limiting beliefs and try new ways of coping.
Allie aims to bring her genuine self to the work and encourages clients to do the same. Her goal is to help people become more confident in handling life’s challenges, notice internal strengths, and establish coping strategies they can use outside of therapy.