Alicia Denney, LPC. Somatic Therapy, Resilience Building, Career Discernment
I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.
- Mary Oliver
Alicia Denney, LPC, SEP
Senior Therapist
Professional Profile
Alicia graduated with her Masters of Counseling from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest and has more than 15 years’ experience as an LPC in Texas. She’s also a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner since 2018, which is working with the body’s responses to stress along with those of the mind.
Alicia practices person-centered, trauma-informed, somatic therapy. She is creative and brings unique perspectives to her work with clients and peers.
Her specialties include building resilience, somatic mindfulness, anxiety reduction, complex grief and loss, bereavement, caregiving stressors, midlife, existential fear, and pre- and post- therapeutic processing of medical procedures. Her preferred client base is adult, from 25 years old all the way to elder.
Alicia's own life experience makes her a steady, humorous, take-the-panic-out-of-the-situation therapist with extensive clinical experience.
She is a musician and singer, writer, and artist who believes in lifelong learning, and finding adventures and laughing whenever possible!
Specialties
Anxiety
Caregiving
Chronic Pain / Illness
Depression
Existential Fear
Grief and Loss
Insomnia
Midlife Crisis
Post-Partum Depression
Somatic Mindfulness
Stress
Trauma
Insurance
Private Pay / Self Pay
Welcome!
For whatever brings you here in search of support, you’re welcome here and you can totally hang out for a bit if it helps…
These days, the world feels like it’s moving faster than ever. I help others find ways to settle themselves, find their breath, and get out of their heads. I use clinical experience to help people learn about themselves and families, and to work on healing pain and finding clarity to be able to participate in life with some good boundaries, find humor and fun, and to regularly practice slowing down and being in the moment.
How I Work
I practice person-centered, trauma-informed, somatic psychotherapy for adults.
What do all those words mean? Let's break it down:
(1) Person-Centered Therapy: Focusing on dignity, compassion, respect, and personalized treatment with clients -- their capacity, tolerance, needs, and goals.
(2) Trauma-Informed Therapy: Recognizing and addressing the complex effects of stressful experiences in a client’s life and behavior.
(3) Somatic Therapy: Nervous system-inclusive psychotherapy work that gently explores the connection of mind/body. It can help GENTLY release stored emotions and stress in the body that are hard to access with talk-therapy alone.
For example, if you are feeling stressed out, it can be hard to make yourself focus or think. The symptoms of stress make remembering, focusing, thinking, resting, and even getting deep breaths pretty difficult. But there is good news!
The exercise below is a great way to encourage your body to have a small stress release. Even though the meme says “1 Minute Somatic Release”, you can also slow down each step and pay attention to what each step does for your body.
Now imagine doing this kind of relaxation with someone who can walk you through it and give feedback. Then imagine being able to do it while you’re in therapy as issues and feelings arise. It can help keep big feelings in balance so we can explore them.
I’m creative and bring unique perspectives to working with my clients and coworkers, drawing on clinical training in major modalities.
I also believe strongly that a person’s work life can be incorporated into therapy. I think it’s so important to our well-being that I spent several years in corporations becoming a sensitive, skilled people manager that I always wanted for myself.
My own life experience makes me a steady, humorous, take-the-panic-out-of-the-situation therapist with extensive clinical experience.
I’m creative and bring unique perspectives to working with my clients and coworkers, drawing on clinical training in major modalities. I also believe strongly that a person’s work life can be incorporated into therapy. I think it’s so important to our well-being that I spent several years in corporations becoming a sensitive, skilled people manager that I always wanted for myself.
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