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Alyssa Crawford

Alyssa Crawford, LCPC

Therapist in Iowa

Warm, practical counseling for relationship and self esteem

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6 years of experience listed

LCPC professional credentials

English languages

  • Attachment focused
  • Goal oriented
  • Compassionate care

About Alyssa

Alyssa Crawford is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with six years of experience. She approaches therapy with respect, sensitivity, and a practical focus on the issues that brought someone in. Her style is warm and straightforward, aiming to make the first steps less daunting for someone who is unsure about therapy.

Alyssa tailors conversations and plans to each person’s needs. She uses methods that help people understand how relationships and attachment shape feelings and behavior. She also draws on cognitive and skills-based approaches to help manage anxiety, mood shifts, and stress in day-to-day life.

People come to her for a range of concerns, including relationship and intimacy issues, self esteem, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and addiction. She also addresses problems such as anger, impulsivity, codependency, and communication breakdowns. Alyssa works with mood-related concerns like depression and bipolar symptoms, and with stressors tied to caregiving and burnout.

Her sessions focus on clear goals and small, practical changes. She helps clients notice patterns from their family of origin and attachment history, then try different ways of coping. The aim is to build tools that feel useful between appointments.

Alyssa encourages people who are nervous about starting therapy. She asks questions, listens closely, and adjusts the plan as needs change. The overall goal is steady progress toward clearer priorities and improved everyday functioning.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Alyssa uses attachment-based and client-centered ideas to understand how relationships and early patterns affect current struggles. Attachment-based work looks at how connection and trust influence feelings and behavior, and it can help with intimacy, family of origin issues, and loneliness. Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a collaborative relationship so people feel heard and can decide what goals matter most to them.

She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques that break down unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. Those techniques are helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems like impulsivity. Choosing an approach is a shared process; the therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods, and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the current online session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can schedule around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to remote work so clients practice skills and track changes between appointments.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-love

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Solution-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Credentials

Montana, Iowa, Kansas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Alyssa commonly address?

She helps people with relationship and intimacy issues, self esteem, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, addictions, and related stressors.

What is her approach to working with clients?

She combines attachment-based listening with client-centered dialogue and practical skills from CBT and DBT to set clear goals and practice new behaviors between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Alyssa has six years of professional work experience as a licensed counselor.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds the LCPC credential and practices from Iowa while maintaining licensure information as provided.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients schedule with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How does pricing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What should I do to begin working together?

Select the continue button on this profile, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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