About Aliza
Aliza Castro is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 29 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who face substance use and co-occurring mental health concerns. Her work centers on hearing each person’s story and helping them set clear, practical goals.
Aliza uses a person-centered style in session. She listens without judgment and helps people discover their own motivation to change. Sessions often emphasize practical coping skills and steps that fit into daily life.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term clinical work with addictions and mood disorders. That experience informs how she supports people through relapse, recovery, and mood shifts. She also pays attention to identity issues that can come up for those with adoption or attachment histories.
The approach in the room combines structured tools and open conversation. Techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy help spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness methods support grounding and stress management between sessions.
Aliza describes her style as compassionate, goal directed, and collaborative. She helps people work through issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, workplace stress, and relationship intimacy concerns. Clients also bring parenting, career, and young adult challenges.
People who prefer clear steps and steady support tend to do well in her practice. She offers different session formats to fit busy schedules. Aliza is based in Connecticut and works with English-speaking clients, including international appointments when suitable.
How Aliza’s approaches translate to online care
Aliza often uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping clients set their own goals; it suits people who want an empathetic, collaborative space. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will work with each person to choose techniques that match their needs and preferences. Together they decide whether to try short problem-focused work or a longer process that addresses deeper patterns.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls let people use visual cues and more conversational pacing. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers to speak without being on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when someone needs quick support between longer sessions.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, travel, or varying schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress and steady support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English