- Compassionate collaboration
- Practical coping tools
- Adoption and foster care
About Alyse
Alyse Scanlon is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with ten years of experience helping adults through hard seasons. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and compassion fatigue. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and approachable for people feeling overwhelmed.
She helps clients build self-love and clearer communication. She also supports people looking to reconnect with life purpose or manage panic and shame. Alyse has experience with adoption and foster care concerns and with challenges that come from caregiving and workplace stress.
Therapy sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Alyse uses tools from cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness practices, and narrative approaches to help people identify patterns and test small changes. Conversations are straightforward and goal-focused, with real strategies to try between sessions.
She often works with women and first responders, and with people dealing with guilt, infidelity, or family-of-origin conflict. Alyse pays attention to the ways trauma and compassion fatigue affect daily life and decision making. She supports practical steps toward relief while honoring each person's lived experience.
Alyse practices in Massachusetts and conducts sessions in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability. The process is designed to help find a good fit before starting regular work together.
How her approaches shape online work
Alyse commonly uses cognitive behavioral tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. CBT is practical and often focuses on small experiments that reduce anxiety and improve daily routines.She also draws on mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and grounding practices. Mindfulness helps people tolerate strong feelings and return to the present without getting swept away.
Narrative therapy appears in her work as a way to look at the stories people tell about themselves. Rewriting those stories can open new choices and reduce self-blame, especially for issues like guilt, shame, and life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, and adjusts over time based on what helps most.
Session arrangements should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified here. When exploring online options, people often appreciate fitting sessions into a busy week, reducing travel time, or choosing a shorter check-in when needed. Talk with the therapist during the matching and scheduling steps to learn which session options are available and which will best fit everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, compassion fatigue, and related concerns like panic attacks and workplace strain.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is empathetic and collaborative. She focuses on clear conversation, practical steps, and pacing work to each person's needs.
What is her background and experience?
She has ten years of clinical experience supporting adults with trauma, relationship difficulties, and caregiving or workplace stress.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MA and practices as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.