Antoinette Ali, LMSW

Antoinette Ali is a licensed master social worker with 10 years of clinical experience in Michigan. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Antoinette centers the person in the room and helps them use their own strengths to move forward.

She listens without judgment and works collaboratively to set clear goals. Sessions often include skills that can be used between meetings, such as coping strategies and ways to reframe unhelpful thoughts. Antoinette draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going.

She also uses client-centered and mindfulness-based techniques to help people feel heard and to build attention to the present moment. Motivational interviewing is used when someone wants to increase motivation for change or make a plan that fits their life. Solution-focused tools are added to find small, practical steps that lead to progress.

Antoinette has experience supporting concerns related to LGBT matters, self-esteem, relationships, family problems, anger, trauma and postpartum mood difficulties. She helps people clarify values, set realistic goals, and find ways to forgive themselves or others when that is part of the work.

Sessions are offered in English for people located in Michigan. Antoinette approaches therapy as teamwork, offering steady support while helping clients build skills they can use every day.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions fit

Antoinette uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thought and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety or low mood. CBT focuses on practical exercises and homework you can try between sessions to see what works in daily life.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which means sessions are guided by the person speaking and paced to match their needs. This approach helps people feel heard and respected while they decide what to work on next.

Mindfulness therapy is another element in her work; simple attention and breathing practices are used to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques often pair well with CBT skills for managing stress and emotions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Antoinette will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods over time based on feedback and progress.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or when typing helps express thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules.