Alicia Cunningham, LPC
Missouri · 10 years in practice
Alicia Cunningham is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
License and registration
- LPC, Missouri
- 2017041097 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1568979888 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Alicia
Alicia Cunningham is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people coping with trauma, sleep problems, parenting strain, ADHD, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Alicia writes plainly and focuses on practical steps you can use right away.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding feelings, spotting unhelpful patterns, and building small changes that add up. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at real-world results rather than jargon. In sessions Alicia listens first and then helps set clear goals together.
She works to strengthen how people relate to their own emotions and to others. The pace and tools adjust to what each person needs in the moment. Alicia draws on a decade of counseling experience in Missouri as an MO LPC.
She brings warmth and steady guidance while helping people try new ways of coping. Her style is practical, compassionate, and collaborative. People who want structure with room for feeling often find this approach useful.
Alicia helps clients prioritize small steps, practice new habits, and check progress along the way. The aim is better daily functioning and greater confidence managing life changes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Alicia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alicia names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Alicia Uses Emotion and Action Online
Alicia blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-based ideas to guide online work. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name painful feelings and change the ways those feelings shape close connections. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches practical steps to accept difficult thoughts while committing to actions that match personal values. Attachment-based ideas focus on how early relationship patterns shape current responses and help people try different ways of relating.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Alicia will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then try techniques that fit those needs. She treats therapy as a team effort, adjusting methods as progress and challenges appear.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make work more convenient. Video sessions let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text can help keep momentum between sessions or suit those who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy lives while keeping therapeutic goals central.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Alicia supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and grief. She also addresses relationship or intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep problems, ADHD, and career or life-change challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens first, then helps set simple goals and practical steps for everyday life.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of counseling experience working with a range of concerns in Missouri.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, MO LPC, and practices in Missouri.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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