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Alli LaRue

Alli LaRue, LISW

Ohio

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LISW - Family and anxiety support

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Parenting concerns
  • Blended family issues

About Alli

Alli LaRue is an Ohio Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 17 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, family conflict, intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and depression. Sessions are offered in English and she has worked with people across a wide range of life situations including adoption and foster care, blended family issues, and divorce and separation.

Alli's approach centers on listening first. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths that can help move things forward. In practice that means clear conversations about what is happening now and what a client wants to change.

She uses methods drawn from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused work, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets her help with thought patterns, emotional responses, and relationship moments that keep repeating. Sessions include practical tools and short experiments to try between meetings.

Alli aims to help people sort through loyalty conflicts, shifting household routines, stepparent roles, and co-parenting tensions without taking sides. She focuses on small, concrete steps clients can use at home to reduce stress and improve communication.

To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and the service uses a cancel-anytime subscription model for session payments.

How Alli blends therapeutic approaches for online work

Alli combines client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in ways that are straightforward and practical. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities so sessions reflect what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers tools for changing unhelpful patterns.

She also uses emotionally-focused techniques to notice relationship patterns and mindfulness to build simple attention skills. Together these methods aim to help with anxiety, family tension, and intimacy concerns by giving short exercises and ways to practice between sessions. Deciding which mix to use is a collaborative process. Alli will work with each person to choose approaches based on their goals, daily life, and what they prefer to try first.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. Ask about the available session types when completing the matching questionnaire. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow quicker check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so people can work on household and parenting challenges without rearranging their whole day.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesDepression

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careBlended family issuesCommunication problemsDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPregnancy and childbirthSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational Interviewing

Experience

17+ years

Listed in

Ohio

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, family conflict, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, and depression. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, blended family issues, and communication problems.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered and practical. She combines client-centered therapy with CBT, EFT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to address thoughts, emotions, and relationship patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has 17 years of professional experience working with adults on a range of concerns. That includes work related to mood disorders, panic, and young adult issues.

Is she licensed and where does she practice?

She is an Ohio LISW, which stands for Licensed Independent Social Worker, and practices in Ohio. Sessions are conducted in English.

Can she work with people outside the United States?

She does not accept international clients at this time. Sessions are offered in English only.

What session formats are offered?

Confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. The onboarding questionnaire will clarify how sessions are scheduled.

How are fees handled?

Costs vary with location and the service uses a subscription payment model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.

How do I start working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session. That process sets up an initial appointment.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

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