About Aleia
Aleia Van Dyke welcomes people who want to feel seen and accepted. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in California with eleven years of experience. Aleia focuses on creating a calm, non-judgmental space where someone can talk through identity, relationships, parenting stress, or anxiety.
Aleia works with people who face a range of concerns, including stress, trauma, postpartum depression, and issues around intimacy or sexual identity. She also supports those dealing with complex symptoms like dissociation, self-harm, mood dysregulation, and personality-related patterns.
Background and approach
Her approach is direct and practical, aimed at identifying clear goals and small steps forward. Sessions tend to emphasize self-awareness and building tools that fit everyday life. Aleia helps clients notice patterns from their family of origin and past relationships, and then practice new ways of relating.
She also works with people navigating divorce, blended family challenges, jealousy, or non-monogamous relationship dynamics. People often look for help when they feel stuck by old habits, overwhelmed by stress, or unsure about their sexual or gender identity. Aleia aims to listen first, and then tailor work to each person’s needs.
Her focus is on realistic strategies that can be used between sessions. She offers multiple remote session formats to fit different schedules and needs. Aleia’s practice balances compassionate listening with concrete steps so people can make steady progress toward their goals.
Approaches and how online therapy fits your life
Aleia draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people manage strong emotions and improve relationships. One common focus is building emotion regulation skills to reduce overwhelming anxiety, mood swings, or self-harm urges; this involves learning concrete breathing, grounding, and coping habits to use in tough moments. Another emphasis is on attachment and relational work, which looks at patterns people repeat from family and past relationships and practices new ways of connecting and setting boundaries.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Aleia collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level, and adjusts strategies as progress is made. Clients help set goals and priorities so the plan stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow deeper face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life circumstances.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English