Alexandra Branca, LICSW

Alexandra Branca is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing in Rhode Island. She has eight years of experience helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and low self-esteem. Her work often focuses on real life problems like sleep trouble, career strain, and coping with big changes.

She creates a calm, collaborative space where people can talk through what matters most to them. Sessions aim to surface practical steps and small experiments that can change daily routines. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with approaches that emphasize values and problem-solving.

Alexandra pays attention to how health issues and caregiving affect emotions. She supports people facing chronic illness, cancer, aging concerns, caregiving stress, and end-of-life matters. She also helps those coping with isolation, impulsivity, jealousy, and the fallout of separation or divorce.

Her style is straightforward and empathetic. She listens first, then helps set achievable goals and measurable steps. Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused ideas often shape shorter-term plans for change.

Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She outlines realistic next steps and focuses on skills people can use between sessions to manage symptoms and restore daily routines.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It is widely used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and problems that affect daily routines.

ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes values-based action and accepting difficult emotions while still moving toward meaningful goals. This can help people facing chronic illness, grief, or major life transitions.

Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience at the center and relies on empathy and reflection to clarify goals and strengths. It often complements more structured methods like CBT and ACT.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Alexandra will collaborate with each person to decide what fits their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how and when people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing notes and reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, medical appointments, and travel.