Dr. Alexa Wasserman, CA Psychologist PSY18754

Dr. Alexa Wasserman is a California-licensed psychologist (CA Psychologist PSY18754) with 20 years of clinical experience helping people move toward greater healing and wholeness. She combines long-term professional training with insights from her own personal journey to offer grounded, compassionate care for individuals facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction concerns, and other life transitions.

Her work emphasizes a trusting, collaborative therapeutic relationship in which goals are set together and a person’s strengths are central to the process. She draws on client-centered methods to honor each person’s values and perspective, and she integrates cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused strategies to address thinking patterns and practical steps forward. Mindfulness techniques are also used when clients feel comfortable incorporating them.

Dr. Wasserman aims to create an environment where people feel supported as they explore change, build skills, and reclaim a sense of agency. She welcomes the opportunity to accompany individuals through difficult moments and toward more balanced, purposeful living.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Alexa Wasserman employs client-centered therapy to create a collaborative, respectful space where a person’s values and experiences guide the work; this approach is useful for building trust, exploring relationships, and addressing self-esteem and life-purpose concerns. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT - which focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thought and behavior patterns to relieve symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, and mood-related difficulties. When appropriate and welcomed by the client, she integrates mindfulness therapy techniques to help increase present-moment awareness, reduce reactivity, and support coping with trauma, grief, and ongoing stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Dr. Wasserman works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they may try different techniques and adapt the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Dr. Wasserman offers flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit care into a busy life and to maintain continuity during transitions. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver focused, skill-based work and supportive coaching while accommodating scheduling, mobility, and geographic convenience.