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Alaina Bigger, LISW, LCSW

  • Experience14 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Alaina

Alaina Bigger is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of professional experience practicing under California and Ohio credentials. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma while also addressing relationship and family challenges.

Background and approach

Her work includes support for parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, and ADHD, along with related areas such as adoption and foster care, blended family issues, communication problems, and feelings of isolation. Her approach blends evidence-based methods including cognitive behavioral work, psychodynamic perspectives, and systemic therapy to provide a holistic, strengths-based process.

Alaina partners with each person to explore patterns, identify practical skills, and uncover underlying dynamics that influence emotions and behavior. She frames clients as experts in their own stories and focuses on building on existing strengths to navigate life changes, process loss, and reduce impulsivity or mood-related symptoms.

Alaina practices in California and holds the credentials LISW and LCSW. She offers multiple online session formats to accommodate different needs and emphasizes a collaborative path toward clearer communication, improved coping, and greater emotional balance.

Approaches that guide online care and flexible access

Alaina frequently draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and impulse-related concerns. She also incorporates psychodynamic ideas to explore how past experiences and internal patterns shape current emotions and relationships, which can be useful when addressing grief, attachment, or longstanding mood issues.

Systemic therapy is another component she uses to look at interpersonal dynamics and communication patterns within relationships and families, helping clients address conflict, blended family issues, and role changes in a broader context. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist works with each person to tailor methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences rather than relying on a single technique.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and comfort levels. These options provide flexibility for people balancing work, family, or other commitments and make it easier to maintain consistency in care from wherever they are located in California.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Alaina address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family conflicts, parenting difficulties, anger, self-esteem issues, career concerns, coping with life changes, and ADHD among other related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and strengths-based, combining practical skill-building with exploration of underlying patterns to help clients make sustainable changes.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Alaina brings 14 years of professional experience working with individuals and families on a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for her?
She holds LISW and LCSW credentials and practices on the Board of Behavioral Science for California while also holding an Ohio LISW credential; her practice location is California.
Which languages are available for sessions and can she see international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered for online work?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefDepression

Also works with

Trauma and abuseParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careBlended family issuesCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersMulticultural concernsSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

14+ years

Licensed

California, Ohio

Languages

English