Mercedes Alia

Mercedes Alia is an AASW social worker in Australia with six years of clinical experience. She works with people feeling stuck in relationships, dealing with addictions, managing family and parenting stress, or struggling with self-esteem. She also supports people facing abandonment, attachment or personality-related issues and the fallout from separation and domestic violence.

Her sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps. She listens to the concerns you bring and helps map out small changes you can try between meetings. Expect a mix of talking through patterns, testing new ways of responding, and reflecting on how past experiences shape current choices.

Mercedes draws on Attachment-Based work to look at how early relationships affect trust and closeness. She uses Client-Centred methods to keep the session focused on your priorities, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going. Motivational Interviewing supports change when motivation flags, and Narrative Therapy helps reframe difficult stories about yourself.

Sessions are conducted in English, Albanian and Italian. Costs vary by location and are managed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the See online therapy options button.

Mercedes aims for clear, down-to-earth meetings. She helps people test practical changes and make decisions about what matters next. Conversations are paced to suit your needs and current responsibilities.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of closeness and trust that grew from early relationships. In online conversations this helps identify how those patterns show up in current partnerships, parenting or communication problems. Client-Centred therapy keeps the agenda set by the client and focuses on listening and reflecting to clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy names specific thoughts and behaviours that maintain problems and offers practical experiments to change them.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Mercedes will collaborate with the client to decide which approaches fit their goals and circumstances. That process is flexible and adjusts as needs and motivation change over time.

The practical benefits of online sessions depend on the formats offered, so confirm the current options before booking. Online meetings can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time that might otherwise stop regular attendance. Expect sessions to focus on clear goals, homework between meetings, and regular review of progress so therapeutic work fits into everyday life.