- Strengths-based help
- Humor when helpful
- Trauma aware care
About Alisia
Alisia Quigley-Holmbeck is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 16 years of practice in Illinois. She has worked in settings that include psychiatric crisis care and therapies involving animals and horses. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes.
Her background includes animal-assisted and equine-assisted approaches and therapeutic riding experiences. Those experiences inform a relaxed, down-to-earth style in sessions. She aims to build an open space where people can say what they feel without judgment.
Alisia emphasizes a strengths-based approach. She helps people identify what’s going well and use those strengths to tackle social, emotional, behavioral, family, biological, and mental health challenges. She also uses appropriately timed humor to lighten hard moments and reduce intensity.
She has supported people dealing with abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care questions, attachment struggles, autism and Asperger Syndrome issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication and control problems, dependent personality features, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), domestic violence, feelings of emptiness, family of origin issues, and forgiveness work.
Alisia describes beginning therapy as a courageous step. She works collaboratively to set goals and to support change at a pace that fits each person. Readers in Illinois who want to learn more should confirm current session options before booking.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Alisia draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques adapted to the needs of each person. One common approach focuses on identifying and building strengths to tackle emotional and behavioral challenges. This method helps people notice what already works and use those abilities to manage stress, anxiety, and low mood.She also incorporates experiential and relational elements learned from animal-assisted and equine-assisted work. These elements can help people practice communication, regulation, and connection in accessible ways, which can be useful for trauma, attachment concerns, and caregiver stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alisia will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they decide what to try, how to measure progress, and when to adjust the plan.
Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which online formats are offered. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help fit sessions into a busy week. It can also support shorter check-ins, reduce travel time, and allow people to work with a licensed professional from their own community while keeping therapy practical and goal-focused.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
16+ years
Credentials
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Alisia help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, body image, and related family concerns.
What is her approach in sessions?
Her work is strengths-based and down-to-earth. She creates an open, nonjudgmental space and may use appropriately timed humor to ease intense moments.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience, including psychiatric crisis work and therapies that involve animals and equine-assisted activities.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Illinois and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with people in Illinois under her LCSW credential.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.