Alexandra Bastien, LMHC

Alexandra Bastien is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York who draws on practical, goal-focused methods to help people manage stress and anxiety. She centers sessions on clear steps clients can try between meetings. Alexandra encourages people to notice their own strengths and build confidence at a pace that feels manageable.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to tackle problems like low self-esteem, career challenges, and coping with life changes. These approaches are aimed at changing unhelpful thinking and finding concrete strategies that produce results. Sessions often involve setting short-term goals and trying out small behavioral changes.

Alexandra has nine years of professional experience working with concerns such as depression, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating ADHD, workplace issues, and social anxiety. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, family and communication problems, and isolation or loneliness.

Her style is collaborative and practical. Clients can expect straightforward conversations about what’s getting in the way and what to try next. Alexandra frames clients as the experts in their own lives and helps them apply tools that fit their goals.

Therapy with Alexandra is offered in English from her New York practice. If you’re a carer feeling overwhelmed or uncertain about next steps, she can help you sort priorities and develop manageable coping strategies.

How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online

The therapist commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety, low mood, and stress.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which narrows in on practical steps and small changes that move a person toward their goals. This approach is useful when you want concrete strategies and quick ways to try something different between sessions.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is collaborative; the therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. Together they adjust the plan as progress is made or needs change.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. It can also let people work through practical steps and homework between sessions, which complements both CBT and Solution-Focused methods.