Madelaine Alejandro

Madelaine Alejandro is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with seven years of experience. She works with people feeling stuck by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma and major life changes. She also focuses on issues such as attachment, communication, workplace stress, and questions about life purpose.

Madelaine uses clear, evidence-based techniques to help people manage symptoms and make practical changes. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused ideas, and Trauma-Informed Care to guide sessions. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to what feels useful right now.

In therapy she helps clients sort priorities, practice new ways of communicating, and reduce intense reactions like panic. She also supports people dealing with postpartum depression, shame, loneliness, or workplace difficulties. The work tends to include short-term skill building and deeper processing when needed.

Her approach is collaborative. Madelaine helps people set small, concrete steps between sessions and checks in about what does and does not help. She pays attention to patterns that repeat in relationships and in daily life, and she offers tools to interrupt those patterns.

To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Session costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

Evidence-based approaches and online sessions

Madelaine commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques as part of her practice. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new, realistic ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and depression. Solution-Focused work narrows attention to concrete goals and small steps that can change day-to-day life quickly.

She also incorporates Trauma-Informed Care to recognize how past experiences affect current reactions. That approach emphasizes pacing, safety in the therapeutic process, and attention to what feels tolerable while addressing distressing memories or triggers.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That collaborative discussion shapes the plan and the techniques used in sessions.

Confirm the therapist's available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Different formats also help when video is difficult by offering audio options or flexible scheduling to match work and life commitments.