Alissa Green , LCSW

Alissa Green is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Virginia with 12 years of clinical experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families. She has worked with people facing separation, grief, loss, depression, and relationship challenges, and she brings extensive experience supporting individuals of all ages who experienced abuse or neglect during childhood.

Green emphasizes a strength-based, solution-focused style of care that centers each person’s goals. She guides clients to identify and build on existing strengths so they can develop greater confidence and well-being. Her work spans concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, depression, relationship and family issues, sleep difficulties, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, and bipolar-related concerns.

In practice, Green positions the person seeking support in the driver’s seat while offering practical strategies and collaborative planning. Her approach combines clear goal-setting with attention to the skills and resources a person already possesses, aiming to create manageable steps toward improvement. Her background as an LCSW reflects formal training and licensure to provide clinical social work services in Virginia.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Alissa Green uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Solution-Focused Therapy as central tools in her work. CBT helps people identify and reframe unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills to manage symptoms like anxiety, low mood, or sleep difficulties. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes concrete goals and small, achievable steps by building on what is already working in a person’s life, making it useful for stress, relationship challenges, and practical problem solving.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Licensed professionals, including therapists, will work with each person to clarify needs, set goals, and adjust methods as therapy progresses so the chosen approach aligns with the client’s preferences and priorities.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit support into a busy life or access care from different locations. These options can increase convenience and help people maintain continuity of care while working toward their goals.