Kerline Alexis, LMHC

Kerline Alexis is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in New York. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, depression, low self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and everyday habits such as eating and sleeping. She also helps with career shifts, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Kerline speaks English and accepts international clients.

She keeps sessions warm and interactive. Kerline aims to listen first, then help people identify small, practical steps they can try between meetings. Conversations focus on everyday thoughts and habits and how those shape feelings and behavior. Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental tone.

Kerline draws on a mix of psychodynamic work and cognitive approaches. That means she pays attention to past patterns while helping people practice new ways of thinking and acting. She also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when those fit the goals.

Over six years she has worked with people from varied backgrounds, including those with learning differences, chronic illness, and changing family roles. Her experience includes helping people who feel isolated, overwhelmed by caregiving, or struggling with attachment and abandonment issues.

In session she focuses on practical coping strategies and building insight. The aim is to help people feel more capable of handling daily stresses and to improve routines around sleep, eating, and work. To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

How Kerline’s Approaches Work Online

Kerline uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as primary frameworks. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely, offering empathy, and helping people find their own direction in sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and helps people practice small changes that improve daily habits like sleep and eating.

She may also draw on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation or intense reactions are a concern. DBT skills teach practical tools for managing strong feelings, improving communication, and reducing impulsive behavior.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Goals and techniques can be adjusted as progress is made.

Confirm the specific online session formats before booking since formats are not listed in the profile. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people practice skills in the settings where they live and work, which can help transfer new habits into everyday routines.