About Alyssa
Alyssa Van Lopik is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of clinical experience. She offers straightforward, compassionate therapy for people coping with anxiety, depression, ADHD, substance use, and relationship strain. She aims to help clients feel understood and find practical steps forward.
She has worked in inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, partial and intensive outpatient programs, and managed a independent practice in Austin, Texas. That range means she is familiar with crisis settings as well as longer-term care.
Background and approach
Her education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master of Social Work from Loyola University Chicago. Alyssa uses a client-centered approach that treats people as the experts on their own lives. She focuses on building strengths and creating realistic, goal-focused plans.
Therapy sessions often involve identifying what already works and expanding those skills to handle current challenges. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients see links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Dialectical behavior strategies are used to teach concrete skills for emotion regulation, mindfulness, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions.
She also incorporates EMDR when trauma processing is part of a client's goals. Outside of therapy, Alyssa is a Registered Yoga Teacher and enjoys reading, cooking, and travel. She lives and practices in Texas and conducts sessions in English.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy centers on the person's priorities and lived experience. Online sessions let clients set the pace while Alyssa listens and helps shape goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; online work often includes brief exercises, worksheets, and real-time practice to try between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness; these skills can be taught and practiced through video or messaging and applied to daily life.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Alyssa collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She may use a mix of strategies and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clear.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and skill coaching. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, moment-to-moment support, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping a steady, consistent path toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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