- Guilt and shame
- Grief and loss
- Attachment concerns
About Alicia
Alicia Sauers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan with six years focused on counseling. She has a background in psychology from Grand Valley State University and a master’s degree in counseling from Spring Arbor University. Alicia works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and major life changes. She also lists additional focus areas including abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, forgiveness, and guilt and shame.
Alicia describes counseling as a collaborative process. She helps people look at past experiences to understand what may be getting in the way now. Sessions move at a pace the person is comfortable with, focusing on practical next steps rather than abstract theory.
She uses flexible approaches and adapts to each person’s challenges. Work in sessions often includes reframing unhelpful thoughts and building coping skills to manage difficult emotions. Alicia emphasizes helping people recognize what they can and cannot control and identifying actionable changes.
Alicia has experience supporting people through relationship and family-related concerns and life transitions. She mentions helping with communication problems, blended family issues, and attachment-related struggles. Her work also addresses medical and caregiving strains such as cancer and fertility concerns.
Sessions are described as respectful and nonjudgmental, with attention to building trust over time. To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online options button.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Alicia works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at practical change and emotional regulation. One common method focuses on identifying and reframing unhelpful thoughts to reduce anxiety and self-critical patterns; this helps people challenged by guilt, shame, or persistent negative thinking. Another approach centers on building coping skills and behavioral strategies to manage stress, grief, and life transitions; sessions include concrete tools and practices to use between meetings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Alicia describes therapy as collaborative and will help figure out which techniques fit the person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That process usually begins with discussion about what feels most pressing and testing a few methods to see what helps in practice.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days - for example, shorter check-ins during a break, avoiding travel time, or choosing audio-only when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals can adapt pacing and exercises to an online setting to focus on practical steps and coping skills that carry into daily life.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes, and notes additional focus areas like abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and guilt and shame.
How does she approach therapy day to day?
She frames counseling as a collaborative process, helping people explore past experiences, reframe thoughts, and take practical steps forward at a comfortable pace.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years focused on counseling and a longer career in the mental health field overall.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.