Alexandra Mason-Ceaser , LCSW, CSW

Alexandra Mason-Ceaser is a licensed clinical social worker with a master’s degree from The University of Illinois at Chicago and eight years of professional experience. She holds LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and CSW (Clinical Social Worker) credentials, reflecting advanced training and authorization to provide psychotherapy and social work services.

She has worked with a wide range of populations, including pregnant and parenting young adults, homeless youth and young adults, and LGBTQIA people at different life stages. Her clinical strengths include cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices, and anger management, and she integrates these approaches to address presenting concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, and attention challenges like ADHD.

Her background includes providing care for individuals with diagnoses spanning mild to major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, impulse control disorders, and ADHD. Psychoeducation has been a consistent element of her work - she has taught anger management, parenting classes, and social skills training to support skill development and practical coping strategies.

Known for a research-informed approach, she draws on evidence-based techniques and will pursue answers when a situation requires additional investigation. Alexandra aims to build collaborative therapeutic relationships that support clients through grief, relationship and family challenges, self-esteem and identity concerns, coping with life changes, and the work of rebuilding self-love and connection.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Alexandra frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT emphasizes skills and exercises that can be practiced between sessions to build lasting change.

She also incorporates mindfulness therapy to teach present-moment awareness and stress reduction techniques. Mindfulness practices can support emotional regulation, reduce reactivity, and complement other therapeutic work for issues such as trauma, grief, and compassion fatigue.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used when clients need tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. These skills-oriented techniques can be especially helpful for impulsivity, anger management, and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alexandra works with each person to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences, adapting strategies over time as progress unfolds.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to engage in therapy from locations that suit them and to choose formats that fit their schedules and comfort levels.