About Me

Hi, I'm Alyse. I've been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for over 14 years, and the heart of my work is simple: helping people feel less alone in what they're carrying, and making sense of what's been underneath it.

​

I work with adults, young adults, and teens who are navigating burnout, anxiety, stress, and the kind of pain that tends to live quietly beneath the surface for a long time. A lot of my clients are high-achievers who have spent years being the capable one — and are ready, finally, to tend to themselves.

​

I received my MSW from USC and spent over a decade working in PHP, IOP, and residential treatment settings. That work gave me a deep understanding of how stress, survival patterns, and unprocessed experiences accumulate over time and show up in ways people don't always expect — in the body, in relationships, in the quiet moments when there's nothing left to distract from how they really feel. For over five years I also served as a Clinical Director in a teen PHP/IOP program, working closely with the parents trying to hold everything together while supporting a struggling child. That work is woven into how I sit with adults today.

​

I believe the therapeutic relationship itself is one of the most powerful vehicles for healing. When someone feels genuinely seen and attuned to, maybe for the first time, something shifts that insight alone rarely touches. 

​

Clinically, I work at the intersection of the body, the nervous system, and the inner world. I'm a certified Brainspotting Practitioner, which means I can work with what's held somatically — the stress and pain that lives below the level of words. I also draw from the Trauma Resiliency Model to help clients reconnect with their nervous system's own capacity for regulation and recovery, and I integrate parts work and DBT skills where helpful. My overall approach is psychodynamic and relational — we pay attention to patterns, to history, and to what happens between us in the work.

​

     More than any modality, I show up as someone who genuinely believes you are the expert on your own life. My job is to bring presence, skill, and steadiness — and to help you access what's already in you.

​

     When I'm not in session, you'll usually find me on a trail somewhere, cooking my way through a new recipe, or planning a trip somewhere I've never been. Sourdough has become a bit of a serious hobby. I think living with curiosity outside the therapy room makes me a better therapist inside it.

​

If you're ready to stop white-knuckling it and start actually feeling better, I'd love to connect.