Alexandra Poolt, LCSW

Alexandra Poolt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 16 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed and those facing relationship or family challenges. Alexandra combines practical tools with a listening approach to help people regain a sense of control and hope.

She draws on client-centered work to make space for each person’s story. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors. Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are added when useful to support coping and motivation.

Alexandra’s background includes a Master’s degree from Columbia University and practice experience in both New York and Florida. Her training included study of how family and environmental stressors affect the brain, which informs how she thinks about stress and emotional responses.

In sessions she focuses on understanding thoughts, behaviors, and bodily reactions so people can set achievable goals. She commonly helps with caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness-related adjustment, social anxiety, and general coaching around life changes.

Sessions are structured around regular contact and a plan that fits each person’s needs. Before committing to a schedule Alexandra encourages a short initial check-in to match on goals and preferred ways of working.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Alexandra uses client-centered work to prioritize each person’s experience and goals. That approach means sessions begin with listening and understanding where the person is now, which helps shape what comes next. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions to build lasting change.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Alexandra will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily life to decide which methods to try. She adjusts tools as progress is made, so the plan can change over time based on what works best for the person.

Her practice describes text, phone, and video as ways she connects with people, and she often starts with a brief text check-in to set a schedule. If you want to know the exact session formats currently offered, confirm options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, offer shorter check-ins when needed, and allow people to use mindfulness and CBT exercises between meetings to support progress.