About Alexis
Alexis Trainor Hourihan is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She practices in New York and brings ten years of clinical experience to conversations about mood, coping, and life changes. Alexis aims to create a calm, practical space where people can talk through what feels overwhelming and begin to make changes.
Her sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person.
Background and approach
She listens for what matters most, then helps set small, doable goals. In therapy people learn manageable coping skills for panic attacks, mood shifts, and the strain that comes from caregiving or work. Alexis pays special attention to body image and issues that often follow pregnancy, including postpartum depression.
She also addresses panic disorder and recurrent panic attacks with clear strategies to reduce their impact. Her work includes helping people rebuild confidence and find steadier emotional ground. Practical tools are central to her style.
People leave sessions with concrete steps to try between meetings, and time is spent reviewing what helped or what didn’t. Over time the focus can shift from immediate relief to longer-term patterns and goals. Therapy with Alexis can include conversations about career stress, relationship strain, or major life transitions.
She explains options in plain language and helps people choose approaches that fit their needs and daily life.
Evidence-based approaches adapted for online care
Alexis uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear strategies and skill building. One common approach is structured skill work that teaches breathing, grounding, and thought-management techniques to reduce panic and anxiety. These tools are practical and meant to be used between sessions to ease intense moments.Another approach emphasizes mood regulation and behavior change to address depression and low self-esteem. This involves identifying patterns that keep people stuck and trying small, manageable experiments to shift daily routines and thinking. For body image and postpartum concerns, therapy includes steady check-ins and concrete steps to rebuild confidence and coping capacity.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which techniques fit the person’s goals, needs, and lifestyle. Alexis adjusts methods as progress is made so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well with lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can suit quick check-ins or brief coaching-style support. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit around work, childcare, and daily routines.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English