About Aleksander
Aleksander Casas is a licensed clinical professional counselor with eight years of practice. He works with people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, or major life changes. Aleksander approaches sessions in a straightforward way so clients can focus on what matters to them most.
He offers a calm, listening presence and helps people name what they are feeling. Sessions often involve practical tools for day-to-day life, pacing changes, and strategies to manage urges or intense emotions.
Background and approach
Aleksander uses approaches that emphasize values, present-moment skills, and clear thinking. People come to him for a wide range of concerns, including depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and challenges with sleep or eating. He also works with those coping with trauma, caregiver stress, or career uncertainty.
The goal is to reduce overwhelm and build small, manageable routines that fit each person’s life. In session, Aleksander combines talk, skill practice, and gentle challenge. He encourages clients to try tools between meetings and to report back what helped.
Progress is tracked in simple steps so people can see change as it happens. Aleksander provides telehealth-style appointments from Illinois and communicates in English. He helps international clients as well.
People who want to begin can expect clear next steps and a collaborative pace that respects their needs.
Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions can offer
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small committed steps toward those values. It blends practical exercises with attention to thoughts and feelings so people can act even when emotions are strong.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns in thoughts and behaviors and teaches skills to change unhelpful habits. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and for managing ADHD-related routines.
Aleksander treats finding the right approach as a team effort. He listens to your goals and tries methods that match your needs and preferences. Together you’ll adjust techniques over time until they fit day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions are good when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text help with brief check-ins, tracking progress, or getting quick coaching between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy fit a busy schedule and different communication styles.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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