- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
About Alyse
Alyse Scanlon is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts with 10 years of experience helping adults through difficult moments. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, career concerns, and compassion fatigue, and she lists guilt and shame among her focus areas.
Alyse invites direct, practical conversation about what’s bothering someone. She helps people talk through communication problems, commitment worries, and the fallout from infidelity or separation. She also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, and issues connected to fatherhood or family of origin.
Her approach uses straightforward methods like cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness practices, and narrative techniques. Sessions often center on naming unhelpful thoughts, trying small behavior changes, and telling the story of what happened in a way that reduces shame’s hold. She also incorporates calming attention skills for panic and seasonal mood shifts.
Alyse has particular experience with first responders and with people processing guilt, shame, or compassion fatigue, and she brings that background into focused, practical session work. She aims to help people reconnect to self-respect and clearer decision-making after hard events.
To start, Alyse asks clients to describe the specific problems they face and what they want to change. From there she and the client set small, achievable steps and track how those steps affect daily life.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Alyse uses cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness in session to address thinking patterns and bodily stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy involves identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing new behaviors, and tracking small changes to see what helps with anxiety, panic, or relationship patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce intense worry and lower arousal during panic or seasonal mood dips.Narrative Therapy helps by putting troubling events into language so they feel less overwhelming. This approach guides people to tell and reshape their story about guilt or shame, which can change how they relate to those memories. Alyse treats approach selection as a collaborative process and will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since the profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into work or family schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce the need to travel. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, and narrative work to an online setting so sessions still focus on practical skill-building and clearer decision-making.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, career concerns, compassion fatigue, and notes guilt and shame among her focus areas.
How would she approach shame or guilt in sessions?
She uses practical methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness skills, and narrative work to help people name thoughts, try small behavior changes, and reframe personal stories.
How much experience does she bring?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with adults on the issues listed in her profile.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an MA, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session formats before booking, as the profile does not specify which formats are offered.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a 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.