Alexandra Conrad, LCSW

Alexandra Conrad is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with eighteen years of experience supporting children, adolescents, families, and adults across a range of care settings. She earned a BA with high honors in Psychology from Clark University and an MSW from Boston College, and her work has included roles in community-based programs, outpatient clinics, schools, crisis response, and state hospital levels of care.

Her practice centers on collaborative therapeutic relationships that help clients feel safe to explore difficult emotions and move toward meaningful change. She blends established approaches - notably dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) - with skills from motivational interviewing and narrative therapy, adapting methods to each person or family's needs. This flexibility supports work on stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, self-esteem and confidence, depression, motivation, and coping with life transitions.

Alexandra emphasizes building strengths and practical skills while allowing space for strong feelings that can accompany progress. She values creative rapport building and aims to make sessions both productive and engaging so clients and families can translate goals into real results. Alexandra is committed to keeping individuals and families supported within their communities and views positive mental health as an attainable and meaningful part of life.

Approaches and Online Care for Practical Change

Alexandra commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical strategies that reduce anxiety, lift mood, and improve daily functioning. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness - tools that are useful for intense emotions, relationship struggles, and coping during transitions. Motivational interviewing is integrated when clients face ambivalence about change; this approach supports personal motivation and helps clarify goals.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Alexandra works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time so therapy remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work - sessions by video or phone, plus live chat and text-based messaging, increase flexibility for busy schedules and for people in different locations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between sessions, and access support when life circumstances make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver structured, skills-based interventions that help clients move toward their goals.