Alexus Williams
Licensed Master Social Worker
Alexus Williams
Licensed Master Social Worker
Specializing In
Trauma
Depression
Anxiety
Parenting Strategies
Phobias
Relationship Issues
About Alexus Williams
Alexus is a dedicated mental health therapist with a passion for supporting marginalized communities, particularly children and adolescents. She has specialized experience in early childhood education, including as a director of a preschool program. Alexus has worked extensively with toddlers and preschool-aged children, helping them build strong emotional foundations.
She has also worked closely with young people affected by domestic violence, trauma, and human trafficking, as well as those within the LGBTQ+ community. Alexus approaches therapy with a strengths-based, intersectional lens, empower clients to recognize their resilience and capacity for growth.
In addition to individual therapy, Alexus is deeply passionate about family therapy and working with the entire family unit. She works to create a safe and inclusive space where all family members feel heard, validated, and supported in strengthening their relationships. By addressing family dynamics and communication patterns, she helps strengthen relationships, foster understanding, and promote healing for the whole family.
Trained in yoga, she incorporates mindfulness, meditation, and breathwork into her practice, fostering holistic healing. She is also highly skilled in crisis intervention, providing immediate and compassionate support during critical moments. Furthermore, Alexus integrates trauma-focused cogntive behavioral therapy and play therapy into her approach.
In her spare time, Alexus enjoys reading and spending time in nature, finding inspiration and balance in the outdoors.
Training & Techniques
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT is an evidence-based approach to treating anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It has also been demonstrated to be effective in treating depression. CBT helps children and teens analyze and reduce negative thoughts that lead to unhelpful thinking and behavior in order to promote more positive thoughts and experiences.
Trauma-Focused CBT
TF-CBT is an evidence-based approach to treating trauma-related difficulties including PTSD, by addressing negative thoughts that the child or adolescent experiences. TF-CBT helps children alter innacurate beliefs that lead to unhealthy behaviors and identify healtier ways to respond to situations. Parents also participate in this approach to learn how to communicate around sensitive topics and help their child manage stress. Both the child and parent are integral to the success of TF-CBT to help the child manage stress and learn positive coping strategies.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a way to help children and teens slow down their thinking so they can pay more attention to their thoughts and notice what they are doing. This is the opposite of rushing or balancing many tasks at once. Instead, children and adolescents learn to take their time and become intuned with their surroundings. Mindfulness can be thought of as a relaxation strategy to help a child stay calm under stress, avoid becoming upset too easily, slow dow instead of rushing, be more patient, listen and get along better with others, pay attentio and be less distracted, and feel happier doing everyday activities. Being mindful is a great skills that allows children to feel less stressed and experience more joy.
Play Therapy
Play Therapy is an evidence-based approach used to help children who struggle to express themselves. It can be used to treat children and adolescents on the autism spectrum, as well as those experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and physical or learning disabilities. Play therapy can also help children with difficulty socializing or experiencing trouble at school. Using toys and other tools, children learn to express their thoughts and emotions in a way that fosters more positive experiences.
Strengths-Based Perspective
A Strength-Based Perspective emphasizes the child’s strengths instead of focusing on what is “wrong.” The child or teen’s strengths are viewed as important skills and resources that can be utilized to help them overcome obstacles. Using this perspective, children are viewed in terms of what they can do instead of what they can’t. This is very important in helping children and adolescents overcome depression and anxiety as they learn how to manage difficulties by using their strengths and learning new skills to help them be most successful.
Availability
Alexus is available for in-person appointments on Thursdays in the afternoons and evenings, as well as on Saturday mornings and early afternoons.
Costs
Ready to go ahead with a 45-minute child or adolescent therapy appointment? Registration only takes a few minutes. You will then receive intake forms to sign and directions for attending the appointment.
Do you have out-of-network health insurance benefits? Many commercial and employer PPO health insurance plans do. Find out how much you can save on the cost of therapy by using your benefits.
Schedule a Free Consultation Today
Book a free consultation with us to find out more about how we can help your child strengthen their lives and find joy.
Courageous Kids Counseling is an out of network (OON) group practice. As such, fees are due at the time of service. We are happy to help you submit for reimbursement from your out of network benefits. We accept a variety of payment methods, including cash, check, debit card, and credit card, health savings accounts, and flexible health care spending accounts.
