- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship focus
- Compassion fatigue
About Alyse
Alyse Scanlon is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with ten years of experience supporting adults through hard times. She focuses on practical steps people can take when stress, anxiety, relationship trouble, or trauma feel overwhelming. Alyse centers care on the person in front of her and listens for what matters most.
She helps people rebuild self-love, improve communication, and reconnect with purpose. Sessions often include straightforward tools to manage panic, reduce shame and guilt, and address compassion fatigue from caregiving or demanding work. Alyse draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness practices, and narrative exploration to tailor the process to each person.
Her background includes work with people affected by adoption and foster care concerns, first responder stress, and relationship challenges such as infidelity, separation, and commitment issues. She also supports clients facing career strain, seasonal mood shifts, and repetitive behaviors like trichotillomania. These focused areas inform how she shapes plans and goals with each client.
Alyse describes her style as empathic and collaborative. She aims to meet people where they are and move at a pace that feels manageable. Rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions, she works alongside clients to try concrete steps and see what helps.
Clients in Massachusetts will find her approach direct but warm, with attention to real-life needs. If someone wants to explore next steps, Alyse asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment to get started.
How these approaches translate to online care
Alyse uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT can be useful for anxiety, panic symptoms, and shifting patterns that keep stress high.She also brings mindfulness practices into work, teaching simple breathing and awareness exercises to ease reactivity and ground daily routines. Mindfulness can support people managing burnout and compassion fatigue.
Narrative work is another part of her toolkit and focuses on how people tell their own stories. It helps reframe difficult events and reduce the weight of shame or self-blame.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Alyse will talk with each person about goals and try different techniques to find what fits. She adapts tools over time and checks in about progress and comfort.
Please confirm available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Many people find online sessions helpful for fitting therapy into a busy week, shortening travel time, and keeping regular appointments during workdays. Therapists can also adjust pacing and use brief check-ins when schedules are tight.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Alyse commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, career issues, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, infidelity, and panic symptoms.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her style is empathic and collaborative, using practical tools and gentle exploration. She partners with clients to try techniques and adjust plans based on what helps.
How much experience does she have?
Alyse has ten years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and relationship challenges.
What credentials and location information are on file?
She holds an MA and is a LICSW. Her practice is based in Massachusetts.
Which languages are sessions offered in and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. The therapist or platform will clarify how sessions are offered during scheduling.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.