New to Grow
Hi! My name is Noor. I am warm, empathic, perceptive, and wise. I have worked with a diverse range of clients over half a decade, helping them each to find a unique pathway towards healing and wholeness. For each person, this has looked different, whether it's processing deep grief or heartbreak, learning to forgive one's self or another, discovering a core sense of worth (again), unearthing a buried sense of power, learning to say “No”, asserting fundamental needs, upgrading to healthy coping mechanisms, healing from traumas (small or big), or evolving out of self-sabotage. We each have our own afflictions and unique "cross to bear." I can help you feel less alone in holding yours. Specifically, I specialize in supporting clients struggling with issues of worth, belonging, grief, forgiveness, heartbreak, relationship & communication challenges, God wounds, burnout, managing chronic health issues, and inner child work. I attune to each client's individual needs and personalize my service to meet you exactly where you are at. My approach is human and relational. Therapy with me won’t feel clinical or formulaic. I work holistically, paying attention to your emotions, your body, and the deeper parts of you asking for integration and care. I also carry a depathologizing lens — I don’t view you as a diagnosis, in which something is "wrong" with you, but as a whole person with an important, meaningful story to share.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session, we’ll have a relaxed conversation where I get to know you — your history, what you’ve been navigating, what has and hasn’t supported you so far, and what you hope for, moving ahead. This session helps us build a foundation of trust and gives us the space to identify the areas you’d like to focus on in therapy. My goal is for you to feel at ease, understood, and supported. I want you to feel like you can "let your hair down” and feel comfortable to be your natural self. We will also assess our fit together, and if we co-discern harmony and resonance, then we will discuss what working together looks like. The next step is to go ahead and schedule your first session with me through this site. If my availability doesn't align with yours, feel free to reach out to me personally, so I can see how I can make space for you in my calendar. (And, if you prefer a free initial 15 minute consult before booking, you may also reach out to me personally so we can schedule that separately.)
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
Clients often share that therapy with me feels human, grounding, and deeply attuned. I show up with sincere care and presence and create a space where you don’t have to feel shame or awkward in seeking support. In fact, I consider seeking therapy as an act of strength and an expression of health. My experience has been that clients appreciate my memory recall of specific details and my ability to make sense of different threads & weave coherence and meaning. In addition, people are drawn to me because of my depth, my compassionate stance and nurturance, and my strengths-based approach. I consider myself both gentle and lovingly challenging. And, I take a stand for my clients and for their wellbeing. I integrate psycho-emotional, somatic, and spiritual dimensions of healing. I tailor each session to what you uniquely need in the moment, and my intention is to honor your wisdom, your pace, and your unique lived experiences as a person. Also, though I do not have any Grow Therapy reviews yet because I am new to this platform, please note I have over 25 five-star google reviews for my practice online if you google and search "St. Pete Psychotherapy: Noor Alexander."
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I work best with adults who are ready to dive deep and open to long-term transformative work. Many of my clients would describe themselves as sensitive (deep feelers), spiritual (or spiritually open), intuitive, and creative. They are seeking more than symptom relief — they want deeper healing, a stronger (core) sense of self, and to experience a paradigm shift. I’m well-matched with individuals who are willing to take direction and open to exploring their inner landscape with courage and commitment. If you’re ready for change, growth, and evolution, I would love to support you. Please note: working with poly or open relationships, TGNB, significant ADHD, & active suicidality are outside my specialty. I welcome you to schedule now, so we can begin a conversation!
EMDR
I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help heal trauma and support clients to move through emotional stuckness. If you are not the most verbal type, this modality could work well for you, though it is not limited to such a type. Many clients experience meaningful shifts in a relatively short period of time, often describing EMDR as powerful. It is an incredibly effective modality for processing trauma, and I experience it as miraculous in some ways. I look forward to introducing you to the magic of this modality!
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I am an IFS-Informed therapist, and IFS is an incredible evidence-based modality that helps you really get in touch with different parts of yourself and your inner experience or landscape. If you are spiritually-inclined, this modality will likely speak to you, since it is inherently spiritual and because it emphasizes inner wisdom and connection to Self — the calm, clear, grounded core of who we are. I use IFS to help clients get unstuck, to resolve inner tensions or conflict, and to cultivate self-awareness.
Jungian
We cannot see our own blindspots. As a depth therapist who is attuned to unconscious dynamics, I can help you shine the light on the blindspots you are not yet seeing and to integrate them lovingly. Also, I integrate the spiritual within the psychological and work with imagery and symbolic meaning-making. This approach particularly benefits clients who value depth, introspection, and creativity, or who feel drawn to exploring the symbolic layers of their inner life.
Grief Therapy
Grief is one of my top specialties. We only grieve that which matters to us, so for me, grief work is a form of honoring our pain and what something has meant to us, whether it's a former partner/beloved, a deceased parent, the end of a friendship, or the shattering of a dream or fantasy of how we thought life "should be". In the words of Dr. Matt Licata, "Sometimes, I wonder if all therapy isn’t grief therapy when all is said and done. No matter what flavor or fragrance of healing we’re drawn to —or comes to us in the dark of night — ultimately, we’ll be asked to enter through the doorway of grief."
Compassion Focused
As someone trained in humanistic Person-Centered Therapy, I orient to being a genuine, compassionate, authentic, and supportive presence — no matter what. Also, given my rich background with Nonviolent Communication (NVC), which is sometimes referred to as "Compassionate Communication", I steer away from psychological diagnosis and use a de-pathologizing lens focused on understanding you fully with special attention to your human feelings and needs.