Bernina Alagic, LPC

Bernina Alagic is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and ADHD. She speaks English and Bosnian and works with clients from various places, including international callers.

Bernina aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Sessions are tailored to the individual's needs so conversations and goals fit real life. She encourages small, achievable steps so progress feels manageable rather than overwhelming.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with acceptance and mindfulness-based ideas to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build more flexible responses. Attachment-focused ideas are used when relationship patterns and past wounds shape current reactions. Client-centered elements keep the work paced around the person's values and priorities.

Typical topics Bernina supports include communication problems, commitment and control issues, codependency, and feelings of guilt or shame. She also helps people coping with chronic pain or illness, caregiver stress, body image concerns, and separation or divorce stressors.

Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward. Bernina helps people identify patterns, practice new skills between sessions, and adjust plans as life changes. She invites clients to take the next step when they are ready and offers flexible online session formats to fit different schedules.

How online therapy and approach fit together

Bernina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT often involves short, focused exercises and practice between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day functioning.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed action even when difficult feelings are present. ACT can help when people want to move forward despite worry or avoidance. Attachment-Based Therapy is used when relationship patterns from the past affect current reactions; it looks at how early connections shape trust and intimacy and helps people try new ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bernina collaborates with each person to see which methods match their goals and preferences. She adjusts techniques as progress is made and as priorities change so the plan stays useful and realistic.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat is convenient for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and varied schedules.