About Alice
Alice Sherbow helps people facing addictions, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, career stress, and depression. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with twenty years of professional experience.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care for each person who reaches out. Alice uses conversation to uncover what feels stuck and what matters most to the client.
She works with clients to set clear goals and to build practical steps toward them. Sessions are tailored to the individual rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan.
Her background includes two decades of client work across common struggles such as substance and alcohol problems, codependency, communication problems, and family of origin issues. She also supports people dealing with body image concerns, impulse control, and guilt or shame.
Those themes often overlap, and she addresses that complexity in planning sessions. Alice emphasizes collaboration.
She helps people weigh options, try new behaviors, and reflect on results between sessions. Progress is often steady when small, manageable changes are practiced consistently.
If you want a straightforward, compassionate professional to talk with about addiction, relationship questions, trauma, work stress, or depression, Alice can help you map out next steps and stay accountable along the way.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Alice uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear goals and measurable change. One common approach emphasizes skill-building and practical steps to manage difficult moods and behaviors; this helps when depression, impulsivity, or addiction get in the way of daily life. Another approach centers on processing trauma and safety so people can reduce symptoms and regain control over reactions that follow abuse or overwhelming events.Choosing the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss what feels most relevant, try approaches that fit the client's goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. This collaborative process lets the client influence pace and focus throughout therapy.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can support ongoing reflection and quick touchpoints between scheduled meetings, providing flexibility for busy days.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English