Alyse Scanlon

Alyse Scanlon is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) with ten years of experience helping adults through hard times. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship trouble, trauma and compassion fatigue. Alyse aims to make therapy feel practical and straightforward so people can use it in daily life.

She helps clients build self-love, improve communication, and reconnect with a sense of purpose. Her work often involves addressing guilt, shame, panic, and the fallout from infidelity or separation. Alyse also brings experience with adoption and foster care concerns and with challenges faced by first responders.

Alyse uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and narrative therapy to guide sessions. That means sessions can include looking at unhelpful thoughts, practicing present-moment skills, and telling the story of your experiences to find new meaning. She adapts these methods to fit each person’s goals and pace.

Sessions are collaborative and focused on real change you can notice between meetings. Alyse prioritizes clear communication and practical steps you can try at home. She works from Massachusetts and conducts therapy in English.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability. The subscription-based sessions can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location and therapist availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Alyse uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. CBT often focuses on small, concrete steps to reduce anxiety and improve daily function.

She also draws on mindfulness therapy to teach grounding and attention skills that reduce stress and panic. Mindfulness practices can be brief and easy to use between sessions. Narrative therapy is another tool she uses to reframe difficult experiences by examining the stories people tell about their lives and trying new ways of telling them.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Alyse works together with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. That may mean trying one approach for a while and adjusting as progress is made.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and making it easier to attend appointments from home or during a work break. Some formats can be less demanding on bandwidth or allow shorter check-ins when needed. Session options are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current formats before booking to make sure they fit your daily routine.