Alexandra Bastien, LMHC

Alexandra Bastien is a New York based LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) with nine years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, motivation challenges, and shifts in life and career. She focuses on building clients' confidence and self-esteem while helping them navigate career difficulties and major life transitions. Alexandra approaches each person as the expert of their own story, working from a strengths-based perspective that recognizes existing resources and capacities.

Her work emphasizes practical strategies and personal insight so clients can address immediate concerns while developing longer-term coping skills. Alexandra encourages those who take the first step toward therapy and honors the courage it takes to begin. She creates a collaborative environment where clients and therapist work together to set goals, identify obstacles, and celebrate progress toward greater resilience and self-trust.

Throughout her practice Alexandra prioritizes clear, compassionate support for people facing anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma, workplace stress, and questions about life purpose. Her aim is to help clients regain momentum, clarify priorities, and strengthen the skills needed to manage current challenges and future changes.

Therapeutic Approaches Applied to Online Care

Alexandra often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a structured approach that helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and for building practical skills to cope with daily challenges.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, a forward-looking, goal-oriented approach that emphasizes clients' strengths and small, achievable steps. This method can be especially helpful for career planning, motivation, navigating life transitions, and resolving specific relationship or workplace problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Alexandra works collaboratively with each person to choose and adapt methods based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the focus as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with licensed professionals makes it possible to access care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options offer flexibility for scheduling around work and family, reduce the need to travel, and help maintain continuity of support during life changes, while allowing therapists and clients to collaborate effectively across different formats.