LCSW, 12 years of experience
I’m Dr. Alexandra Thompson-Norman, DBH, LCSW, a Licensed Psychotherapist dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity and confidence. I work with clients facing a wide range of experiences, including life transitions, relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, and stress, providing guidance and support every step of the way. My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and tailored to each person’s unique needs, creating a safe, nonjudgmental space for reflection, growth, and healing. I believe therapy is not just about addressing challenges, it’s about empowering you to reconnect with your authentic self, build emotional resilience, and create meaningful, lasting change. Together, we explore practical strategies and deeper insights that help you understand yourself, strengthen your relationships, and navigate life with purpose and confidence. My goal is to help clients feel seen, heard, and supported so they can move forward with clarity, balance, and a renewed sense of hope.
In your first session with me, we’ll focus on getting to know you and understanding your unique experiences and goals. You’ll have the opportunity to share what’s been challenging, explore what you hope to achieve in therapy, and ask any questions you have about the process. Together, we’ll create a safe, nonjudgmental space and begin building a plan that meets your needs, giving you clarity, support, and peace of mind from the very start.
What sets my approach apart is that it’s collaborative, compassionate, and tailored specifically to each client. I integrate evidence-based methods with a deep understanding of individual experiences, helping clients navigate life transitions, strengthen relationships, and manage stress or anxiety. My goal isn’t just to provide guidance, it’s to empower you to reconnect with your authentic self, build resilience, and create meaningful, lasting change in your life. Clients often notice increased clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of emotional balance as they progress through therapy.
I see you; you’re trying your best, but life feels heavy, your relationships feel strained, or anxiety and stress seem to follow you everywhere. You want more clarity, connection, and confidence, but you’re unsure how to get there. I’m here to walk alongside you. Together, we’ll create a safe, compassionate space where you can process, heal, and reconnect with your true self. You don’t have to navigate this alone; you can build the life and relationships you’ve been longing for.
My approach to therapy is grounded in an integrative treatment model, which allows me to draw from a variety of evidence-based modalities rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. Over the years, I’ve received training in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), solution-focused therapy, mindfulness-based interventions, and attachment-based approaches. By integrating these modalities, I’m able to tailor treatment to each client’s unique needs, values, and goals. For example, with clients experiencing anxiety, I may blend CBT’s skill-building and thought-reframing techniques with mindfulness practices to reduce physiological arousal. For couples or families, I incorporate elements of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) and systems theory to improve communication and rebuild trust. For those navigating life transitions, I might combine strengths-based coaching with narrative therapy to help them rewrite their story in a more empowering way. This integrative approach reflects my belief that people are multi-faceted—emotionally, cognitively, behaviorally, and spiritually—and healing often requires addressing more than one dimension of their experience. It also allows clients to feel seen as whole people rather than as a diagnosis and gives them tools that resonate with their specific circumstances.
I have extensive experience supporting clients through grief and loss, and I use an integrative grief treatment approach that combines evidence-based methods with compassion and flexibility. I draw from models such as Worden’s Tasks of Mourning, the Dual Process Model of Coping with Bereavement, and meaning-centered therapy. These approaches provide both structure and space for clients to process their loss at their own pace. In practice, this means helping clients identify and express the full range of emotions associated with grief, while also supporting them in developing healthy coping strategies to manage day-to-day functioning. With some clients, I employ narrative therapy to help them reconstruct their story and maintain a healthy continuing bond with their loved one. With others, I may incorporate mindfulness and relaxation strategies to help regulate overwhelming emotions and reduce the physical toll of grief. Because grief looks different for everyone, I tailor treatment to the client’s needs—whether that means creating space for deep emotional processing, providing psychoeducation about the grieving process, or guiding them in finding meaning, resilience, and a renewed sense of connection in life after loss. My goal is to walk alongside clients through their grief, validating their pain while helping them discover hope, strength, and purpose as they heal and move forward.
My approach to couples counseling is rooted in evidence-based methods such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), the Gottman Method, and Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy (CBCT). I also integrate elements of attachment theory and systems approaches to help partners better understand their dynamics. With EFT, I focus on identifying negative interaction cycles and helping partners create secure emotional bonds. From the Gottman Method, I incorporate practical tools for improving communication, reducing conflict, and strengthening friendship and intimacy. With CBCT techniques, I address unhelpful thinking patterns and promote more constructive problem-solving. In practice, this means guiding couples to identify and shift unhealthy patterns, improve emotional attunement, and learn concrete skills to navigate conflict. Each couple’s needs are unique, so I tailor interventions to help them not only resolve immediate challenges but also build lasting trust, respect, and connection.
In practice, this means guiding couples to identify and shift unhealthy patterns, improve emotional attunement, and learn concrete skills to navigate conflict. Each couple’s needs are unique, so I tailor interventions to help them not only resolve immediate challenges but also build lasting trust, respect, and connection. I frequently integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into my work with clients, particularly those navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, or stress. ACT emphasizes six core processes: acceptance, cognitive defusion, mindfulness, self-as-context, values clarification, and committed action. I use ACT to help clients shift from struggling with or avoiding painful thoughts and emotions to developing a healthier, more flexible relationship with them. For example, I guide clients in practicing mindfulness to increase present-moment awareness, cognitive defusion techniques to reduce the power of unhelpful thoughts, and values exploration to identify what matters most to them. From there, we work on committed action—aligning their behaviors with their values, even in the presence of discomfort. This approach empowers clients to live more authentically and meaningfully, rather than being controlled by fear or avoidance.