Bernina Alagic

Bernina Alagic is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with nine years of professional experience. She works with people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, and attention-related challenges such as ADHD. She communicates in English and Bosnian and accepts international clients when appropriate.

Her approach blends several methods to address both immediate symptoms and the patterns behind them. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternative responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take small actions that align with those values. Attachment-based work looks at early relationship patterns that can affect current connections and trust.

Sessions are conversational and practical. She listens for how past experiences shape current behavior and then practices new ways of responding. Mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing strategies can be used to build focus and persistence when people feel stuck or unsure what comes next.

She also supports work on issues related to abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, communication struggles, and chronic pain or illness. Work on body image, guilt, shame, forgiveness, and parenting-related stress such as fatherhood concerns is listed among her focus areas.

When people are wrestling with a life pivot or wondering what matters next, she helps outline small steps and realistic practices to try. To begin, clients follow the service flow to match and schedule their first session.

Therapeutic approaches for online sessions

Bernina often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and practicing new responses to lower anxiety or improve mood. ACT helps people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values when life feels aimless or stalled.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationship patterns influence current connections. That perspective can help when communication problems, abandonment worries, or trust issues are getting in the way of relationships or life decisions. These methods are used in plain language and linked to practical exercises you can try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and she treats it as a collaboration. She will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest techniques to try. If something isn’t helpful, adjustments are made so the work fits your needs.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, avoid travel time, and allow short check-ins when a full in-person visit isn’t possible. Licensed professionals can also adapt exercises for phone or video formats depending on what works best for the person.