Alicia Sauers

Alicia Sauers, LPC, brings a thoughtful counseling approach shaped by many years in mental health and six years focused on direct counseling. She studied psychology at Grand Valley State University and completed a master’s degree in counseling at Spring Arbor University. Alicia centers her work on listening closely and helping people take practical steps toward change at a pace that feels right for them.

She describes counseling as a collaboration. Alicia helps people look at past experiences and notice patterns that may be holding them back. From there she supports clear, manageable actions to refocus on what’s possible and build daily coping skills.

Alicia has experience with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with body image, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, fertility and cancer-related challenges, and related worries such as guilt, shame, and abandonment.

Her style is flexible and nonjudgmental. She aims to adapt to each person’s situation, whether addressing a long-term struggle or a recent crisis. Expect an empathetic listener who helps reframe thinking and identify practical steps forward.

Alicia focuses on building the skills people need to manage difficult emotions and reclaim a sense of control. She encourages people to discover strengths and become their own advocates as they work toward healing and renewed joy.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Alicia uses well-established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her work. One common approach she applies focuses on examining past experiences and patterns to understand how they affect current thoughts and behaviors; this helps when working through trauma, attachment issues, or long-standing anxiety. Another approach emphasizes skill-building and practical coping strategies for managing stress, depression, grief, and life transitions; people often leave sessions with concrete actions to try between meetings.

Finding the best approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. Over time they adjust strategies together based on what is helpful and what needs changing so the plan stays relevant to daily life.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten commuting time, and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits someone’s day. It can also let people try counseling without changing other routines, while still focusing on building skills and navigating difficult emotions alongside a licensed professional.