Alyssa Garcia, LPC Therapy

Alyssa Garcia, LPC

Therapist

License verified Insurance accepted No referral necessary Background check complete Accepting new patients

Biography

Alyssa Garcia, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor who brings a compassionate, direct, and culturally-informed approach to therapy. She specializes in addiction, trauma, gender identity, and relationship challenges, with experience supporting individuals navigating anxiety, substance use, anger management, and codependency. Alyssa has provided individual and group therapy for adults in diverse settings—including prisons and outpatient centers—using evidence-based modalities such as CBT, mindfulness-based therapy, and cognitive processing therapy. Her work is grounded in helping clients shift harmful behavioral patterns and build healthier perspectives rooted in self-awareness and resilience.

Alyssa’s style is warm, empowering, and nonjudgmental. She values holding space for clients' most difficult and most joyful experiences, helping them navigate identity, relationships, and life transitions with clarity and confidence. She is especially passionate about serving LGBTQ+ clients, survivors of trauma, and individuals from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds. Outside of therapy, Alyssa enjoys watching live music and spending time with loved ones.

Brightside offerings

Therapy Suicide Prevention IOP Therapy

Clinical Focus Areas

Addiction Alcohol Use Disorder Anger Management Anxiety Disorders Behavioral Issues Codependency Gender Identity Men's Issues Narcissistic Personality (NPD) Oppositional Defiance (ODD) Relationship Issues Sexual Abuse Stress Transgender Trauma and PTSD Women's Issues

Approach

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Languages

English

Identity

Female She/Her/Hers

Culture & faith

Catholicism Indigenous Spiritualities Islam Jehovah's Witnesses Judaism Mormonism

Community & allyship

BIPOC Immigrants LGBTQ+ Men's Mental Health People with Disabilities Refugees Survivors of Trauma and Abuse Women

States served

Insurances accepted

Aetna All Savers Allegiance Benefit Plan Management Allied Benefit Systems Allwell By Wellcare Ambetter AmeriHealth Administrators (non-Medicaid plans) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue Shield of California Carelon Behavioral Health Cigna Detroit Diesel (Carelon) Felra and UFCW Health and Welfare Fund (Carelon) GEHA Healthscopes Imperial County Schools (Carelon) Independence Blue Cross (IBX) Magellan Medica Meritain Health
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