- CBT techniques
- Client-Centered work
- Motivational interviewing
About Alesia
Alesia Dunlap is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 20 years of experience. She works with people facing relationship problems, mood concerns, parenting stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Alesia often helps clients who are dealing with life changes, isolation, or struggles tied to family of origin and communication patterns.
She began her professional life in industrial engineering and later returned to school for counseling. Alesia earned a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling from Lancaster Bible College before moving into clinical work. That background gives her a practical, problem-solving outlook in sessions.
In practice she draws on client-centered methods and solution-focused ideas to keep sessions goal-oriented. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to address thoughts, behaviors, and readiness for change. For people with trauma linked to sexual abuse or addiction, she has used EMDR as part of care when appropriate.
Alesia describes therapy in straightforward terms. She helps people identify current choices and build habits that support better functioning. Sessions tend to focus on clear steps, communication skills, and manageable changes rather than long recaps of the past.
Her work covers many relationship-related concerns such as infidelity, codependency, commitment issues, and divorce and separation. She also addresses substance use problems, parenting strain, guilt and shame, and finding direction after major life shifts.
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Alesia commonly integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy into her online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, validating a person’s experience, and supporting their own decisions; it helps when someone needs space to clarify what they want. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers practical tools to change patterns that maintain anxiety, depression, or relationship conflicts.She also uses elements of EMDR when trauma from past abuse or other events is part of the concern. EMDR involves guided processing that can reduce the intensity of distressing memories and the reactions that follow, and it is used alongside other approaches when appropriate.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alesia will discuss options, try methods that match the client’s goals, and adjust as needed. That collaborative process helps select techniques that fit a person’s needs, preferences, and pacing.
Confirm current session formats before booking so you know whether video, phone, or another option is supported. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists can adapt exercises, homework, and communication methods to work well in remote sessions.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship issues, mood concerns, parenting stress, addictions, anxiety, trauma and related intimacy issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses client-centered, solution-focused, and cognitive behavioral approaches to set practical goals and change unhelpful habits.
How much experience does she have?
She has been counseling for 20 years, including work with adults facing sexual addiction and with adolescent boys in a residential drug and alcohol program.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Pennsylvania.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered for initial and follow-up meetings.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule the first session.