Alyssa Crawford
Compassionate, practical counseling for life and relationships
LCPC Iowa
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Family, Anger
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Alyssa
Alyssa Crawford is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) who uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people navigate emotional and relational challenges. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside attachment-focused and client-centered techniques to create targeted plans that reflect each person's situation.
Background and approach
With six years of professional experience, Alyssa prioritizes empathy and clear collaboration while helping clients address issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, stress, addiction, and trauma. Her work also addresses relationship and family concerns including communication problems, blended family dynamics, infidelity, divorce and separation, and family of origin issues.
Alyssa pays attention to patterns like attachment difficulties, codependency, impulsivity, and caregiver stress, and she supports people coping with life transitions, career uncertainty, low self-esteem, and intimacy-related struggles. She describes the therapeutic process as tailored and respectful, meeting clients where they are and adjusting the approach as needs evolve.
Based in Iowa and licensed as an LCPC, Alyssa aims to make therapy approachable and practical. She encourages those who are ready to begin to take the first step, and offers ongoing collaboration to refine goals and strategies over time.
Approachable therapeutic methods for online care
Alyssa frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, or problematic coping, offering concrete skills and homework to practice between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to early relationship patterns and how they influence current relationships and emotional responses, which can be helpful for intimacy issues, family conflict, and codependency concerns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Alyssa emphasizes collaboration when deciding on methods. She works with each person to understand goals, preferences, and the nature of their challenges, then adapts techniques over time so the plan remains relevant and effective for the individual's changing needs.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These formats make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives, continue care during life transitions, and use tools like worksheets or messaging-based check-ins to reinforce in-session work.
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Experience
6+ years
Licensed
Montana, Iowa, Kansas
Languages
English