Alicia Cunningham
Practical, compassionate support for change
LPC Missouri
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Alicia
Alicia Cunningham is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of clinical experience who supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship struggles, trauma, grief, and a wide range of life changes.
Background and approach
She brings a strengths-oriented stance that emphasizes reconnecting with personal values, improving self-esteem, and developing practical coping skills to manage challenges such as sleep difficulties, anger, parenting stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her practice blends evidence-informed methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based approaches, client-centered care, and emotionally focused techniques.
Sessions focus on identifying patterns that maintain distress, building new skills, and restoring meaningful connections with self and others. Alicia frames therapy as a collaborative process, working alongside each person to set goals and tailor strategies that fit their circumstances.
Located in Missouri, she offers a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can explore painful experiences like trauma, abandonment, and loss while learning concrete steps toward change. Alicia encourages those feeling stuck to reach out and begin a process of rebuilding, healing, and renewed purpose.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Online sessions with Alicia draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to focus on present patterns and value-driven action. CBT helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises, which can be practiced between sessions to address anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping skills. ACT emphasizes noticing thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarifying personal values to guide meaningful change, supporting work with grief, life transitions, and motivation.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic collaboration. Alicia works together with each person to explore which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and she adjusts techniques as progress unfolds to ensure treatment remains relevant and usable.
The online format offers flexibility to access therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it possible to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and practice skills in the context of daily routines while receiving regular support from a licensed professional.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English