- Skills focused
- Relationship aware
- Strengths based
About Alaina
Alaina Bigger is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people tackle stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, and self-esteem concerns. She brings steady support when life feels overwhelming and when everyday coping starts to slip. Alaina works with people on parenting stresses, career transitions, ADHD challenges, and family conflict.
With 14 years of clinical experience, she practices as an LCSW in California and as an LISW in Ohio. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic ideas, and systemic thinking to shape sessions. That means she blends practical skill-building with attention to personal history and how relationships influence current problems.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps people can try between meetings. Conversations aim to make problems easier to understand and to find actions that fit daily life. She encourages clients to notice strengths they already have and to use those strengths as tools for change.
Alaina often helps people sort communication problems, navigate blended family dynamics, and cope with divorce or separation. She also supports those dealing with trauma, guilt and shame, seasonal mood shifts, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation.
Her approach is collaborative. She listens first, then offers practical strategies and gentle reflection. People who want a mix of skills work and deeper insight may find this style helpful.
With 14 years of clinical experience, she practices as an LCSW in California and as an LISW in Ohio. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic ideas, and systemic thinking to shape sessions. That means she blends practical skill-building with attention to personal history and how relationships influence current problems.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps people can try between meetings. Conversations aim to make problems easier to understand and to find actions that fit daily life. She encourages clients to notice strengths they already have and to use those strengths as tools for change.
Alaina often helps people sort communication problems, navigate blended family dynamics, and cope with divorce or separation. She also supports those dealing with trauma, guilt and shame, seasonal mood shifts, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation.
Her approach is collaborative. She listens first, then offers practical strategies and gentle reflection. People who want a mix of skills work and deeper insight may find this style helpful.