Alisa Plackett, LPC

Alisa Plackett is a Virginia-based licensed therapist with over two decades of clinical experience as an LPC - a Licensed Professional Counselor. She works with adults facing depression, anxiety, relationship strain, and grief, offering steady guidance through complex emotional periods.

Her practice emphasizes addressing social isolation, communication challenges, and inner struggles such as guilt, shame, and difficulties with self-acceptance. Plackett shapes each session around an individual’s story, creating a supportive space where healing and growth can take root.

She focuses on empowering clients to cultivate greater self-love, strengthen interpersonal communication, and build resilience when navigating significant life changes. With a commitment to evidence-based therapeutic techniques and empathetic engagement, Plackett helps people develop practical strategies for emotional well-being, reconnection, and personal empowerment.

Evidence-Based Support and Flexible Online Care

Alisa Plackett uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical, research-supported methods to address depression, anxiety, grief, and relationship difficulties. These approaches help clients identify patterns, build coping skills, and work toward clear goals in therapy.

She also emphasizes a strengths-focused, collaborative approach that draws on each person’s resources and values to foster self-love, improve communication, and repair connections. In session she works with clients to translate insight into action through skills-focused strategies for managing stress, transitions, and social isolation.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Plackett collaborates with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - appointments by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into a busy life and to access licensed professionals from different settings. This range of options supports continuity of care and helps clients engage in therapy in ways that feel most comfortable for them.