Alesia Dunlap , LPC

Alesia Dunlap is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She brings a background that spans general counseling for relationship, mood, parenting, and communication challenges as well as focused work with adults facing sexual and pornography addictions and relationship problems rooted in sexual abuse. Her experience also includes counseling teenage boys in a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation setting, giving her a broad perspective on addiction and recovery.

Alesia's path to counseling began after an earlier career and family life. She earned a degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech, spent time working, and raised her children. As her family transitioned toward independence, she pursued a new direction and completed an MA in Marriage and Family Counseling from Lancaster Bible College. That formal training, combined with two decades of practice, informs her practical and empathic approach.

Her therapeutic stance emphasizes present choices and practical change more than dwelling on the past. She integrates solution-focused techniques with cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and client-centered therapy to help clients translate life lessons into effective thoughts and behaviors. Alesia views it as a privilege to support people as they build functional strategies for relationships, parenting, addiction recovery, trauma recovery, and life transitions.

Approaches That Guide Online Work with Alesia Dunlap

Alesia Dunlap uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client's perspective and goals guide the process. This approach helps people who need support exploring values, building self-esteem, and strengthening relationships by focusing on the client's own priorities and pace.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT - to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to develop practical skills for changing them. CBT can be useful for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday coping challenges by teaching concrete tools and strategies.

Motivational interviewing is another tool she employs to help clients find their own reasons for change and to build commitment when facing ambivalence, particularly around addiction or behavior change.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Alesia works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Alesia can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent care from licensed professionals, maintain momentum between sessions, and fit therapy into everyday life.