Alyssa Sangrey

Alyssa Sangrey is a Vermont-based licensed clinician who helps adults navigate stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and other life challenges. She works with people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, ashamed, or lost and helps them move toward greater peace and self-understanding.

Alyssa meets each person as a co-journeyer rather than an expert. She focuses on building a calm, steady space where clients can speak honestly and begin to make sense of their experiences. Her approach emphasizes authenticity and connection as the starting point for change.

In sessions she uses practical, evidence-informed methods alongside a person-centered stance. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and shift unhelpful thinking, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation, and mindfulness practices to increase present-moment awareness. Narrative and psychodynamic perspectives also appear when they help clients untangle stories from the past and understand relationship patterns.

Alyssa supports a wide range of concerns including parenting and postpartum issues, trauma and post-traumatic stress, LGBT-related challenges, attachment and family of origin problems, social anxiety, workplace stress and questions about life purpose. She aims to help people find more freedom, steadiness, and confidence in who they are.

Clients can expect honest, straightforward conversation and gentle guidance toward practical strategies. If someone is ready to try therapy, Alyssa offers a collaborative relationship that centers individual goals and values.

Approaches that translate to online care

Alyssa commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and meeting each person where they are to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify patterns of thought that contribute to anxiety or depression and teaches concrete ways to change them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the best approach is a team effort. Alyssa will work collaboratively to learn about goals, preferences, and the challenges that matter most. Together she and the client adjust methods over time so the work stays relevant and useful.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and letting people meet from a place where they can be calmer or have fewer distractions. It can also make it easier to practice skills between meetings and to bring focused worksheets or exercises into the conversation without extra photocopying.