Alyson Filippa, LCSW

Alyson Filippa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 10 years of professional experience. She blends clinical training with lived experience as a mother of three, a divorcee, and a cancer survivor to support clients through life transitions and ongoing challenges. Alyson draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and intimacy concerns, and work through grief and loss.

She also brings experience with parenting and family dynamics, including blended family issues and attachment concerns, and attends to a wide range of related challenges such as chronic illness, caregiving, and substance use. Alyson welcomes spiritually minded clients who are seeking deeper meaning, connection, and purpose, and she approaches therapy with a focus on helping individuals access their own inner resources for healing.

Grounded and compassionate, Alyson offers a collaborative style that emphasizes practical skills, emotional processing, and improved communication. Her practice supports clients across the lifespan as they cope with life change, build stronger relationships, and pursue greater well-being.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Support

Alyson uses evidence-based techniques that help people facing stress and anxiety learn practical coping skills and change patterns that contribute to ongoing distress. These approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, teaching relaxation and grounding strategies, and building routines that reduce overwhelm. She also applies grief-informed and relationship-centered methods that assist clients in processing loss, improving communication, and rebuilding intimacy and trust after transitions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Alyson works collaboratively with each person to identify goals, explore preferences, and tailor interventions that fit their life and values, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, caregiving, or medical needs. For many people, remote sessions increase accessibility and continuity of care while allowing therapists and clients to focus on practical skills, emotional processing, and relationship work in ways that fit everyday life.