Dr. Alexandra Hershberger, KY Psychologist 265972

Dr. Alexandra Hershberger is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Kentucky with five years of experience working with adults. She combines attentive listening with evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage challenges related to mood, behavior, sleep, substance use, and trauma. She emphasizes treating the whole person by attending to mental, physical, and social health in her work.

Her training is in clinical health psychology, which focuses on the interaction between psychological and physical health. That background informs her experience supporting adults who face co-occurring mental and medical concerns, including chronic pain, gastrointestinal problems, high blood pressure or cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and liver disease. She brings tailored care for clients navigating both mental health symptoms and health-related stressors.

Dr. Hershberger has particular experience addressing substance use disorders, post-traumatic stress and trauma related to childhood abuse, sexual abuse, and first responder or military exposures, as well as insomnia, emotion regulation, communication skills, anxiety, and depression. She works with adults ages 18 and older across the lifespan and attends to issues such as abandonment, codependency, dissociation, and isolation when relevant to treatment.

She welcomes questions about her approach and aims to collaborate with each person to support progress toward wellbeing and recovery. Her professional credential is KY Psychologist 265972, indicating licensure as a psychologist in Kentucky.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Virtual Care

Dr. Hershberger uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the issues people bring to therapy. She applies structured cognitive and behavioral strategies that help identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and teach practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, substance use, and insomnia. She also integrates trauma-informed interventions that focus on processing traumatic experiences and building emotion regulation and coping skills for those with PTSD or histories of abuse. When medical conditions or chronic pain are present, she draws on health-focused behavioral approaches that address the interplay between physical symptoms and mental health, supporting symptom management and daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Hershberger works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts techniques over time to find the best fit. This collaboration helps ensure care aligns with what the client hopes to achieve.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care across life changes, and access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations.