About Alexis
Alexis Kirkendall helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship or family struggles. She also supports parents dealing with parenting strain, people coping with life changes, and those working through anger, self-esteem, or attachment concerns. Alexis works in both English and Spanish and practices in Arizona.
She holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and brings 17 years of experience to her work. Her style is warm and engaging.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. She listens first, then helps people name what matters and try small, manageable changes. Conversations are direct and respectful, with attention to each person’s culture and background.
Alexis uses a mix of methods to match each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from relationships and how they shape current choices.
Solution-Focused Therapy targets quick, concrete goals to build momentum. She also draws on client-centered techniques and motivational interviewing to strengthen personal motivation and decision making. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what is working and what isn’t.
The aim is realistic progress, not quick fixes. People come to Alexis for many reasons: parenting challenges, adoption and foster care questions, blended family issues, immigration-related stress, guilt, shame, or self-harm concerns. She helps people clarify priorities, practice new skills, and plan next steps toward steadier functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current patterns. It looks at how trust, closeness, and boundaries formed over time and helps people change ways of relating that cause stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on concrete goals and practical steps to create quick momentum and small wins.Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to pick methods that fit their goals and daily life. This is a flexible process and changes as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can support ongoing reflection, quick coaching between sessions, or a way to fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and to use approaches like CBT and solution-focused work in real time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English, Spanish