Alyssa Blaeser, LCSW

Alyssa Blaeser is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who provides care to children, adolescents and teens ages 4 and up, as well as individuals and families. She earned two Bachelor of Science degrees from Arizona State University in 2012 - one in Psychology and one in Family and Human Development - and completed a Master of Social Work at Boston University in 2018. In 2020 she became a Certified Mediator through the University of Milwaukee.

Alyssa draws on experience in clinical, court, and community-based settings and uses a compassionate, client-centered stance shaped by work in child welfare. She adapts therapeutic work to each person's needs, combining approaches such as psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), family systems, person-centered therapy, and solution-focused therapy to address presenting concerns and client goals.

Her clinical areas of focus include behavior modification, attachment challenges, emotional dysregulation, parenting coaching and support, conflict resolution, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-injurious behaviors, hopelessness, post-traumatic stress, and crisis management. She also attends to caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, and isolation or loneliness. Sessions emphasize understanding client goals and applying strategies that aim for meaningful, sustainable change.

Outside of clinical work, Alyssa enjoys visiting National Parks, hiking, reading, cheering on Wisconsin sports teams, trying new activities, and spending time with her husband and children. She is guided by the sentiment, "You are the sky, everything else - it's just the weather." - Pema Ch"odrön