Alesia Dunlap, LPC

Pennsylvania · 20 years in practice

Alesia Dunlap is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 20 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LPC, Pennsylvania: PC012804 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1851989297 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

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About Alesia

Alesia Dunlap is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting struggles, and challenges with addiction. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that fit into everyday life.

Alesia draws on approaches that include client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, solution-focused work, narrative therapy, and EMDR. She uses these tools to help people change unhelpful thoughts, set manageable goals, and move past stuck patterns.

Background and approach

Sessions emphasize clear, doable strategies rather than jargon. Her path into counseling was not traditional. With an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech, she later earned a master of arts in Marriage and Family Counseling from Lancaster Bible College.

That life experience shapes a pragmatic style that blends structure with empathy. In practice she has supported adults facing sexual and pornography addiction and people coping with trauma rooted in sexual abuse. She has also worked in a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation setting with teenage boys.

These roles contribute to a broad understanding of addiction and recovery issues. Alesia approaches therapy as a collaborative process. She identifies current choices and small steps clients can take right away.

The aim is to turn lessons from the past into useful habits for the present and future.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Alesia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Depression
Coping with life changes
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual dysfunction
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Alesia names

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Online support

How Alesia blends approaches in online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in the room. It emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping clients set their own goals. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, respectful space to clarify feelings and priorities.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. EMDR uses guided eye movements or similar techniques to process difficult memories and reduce their emotional charge, which many people find helpful for trauma and abuse-related concerns.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That collaborative process helps find what works for each person.

Online therapy lets people connect in ways that fit their life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions may work when bandwidth is low, live chat can be good for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, and daily routines.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Alesia address?

She assists with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her approach is practical and collaborative, using client-centered work, CBT, solution-focused strategies, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, and EMDR to set goals and change routines.

What background does she bring to sessions?

She has 20 years of counseling experience and holds a master of arts in Marriage and Family Counseling from Lancaster Bible College, plus an earlier degree in industrial engineering.

What credentials and region apply?

She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) licensed in Pennsylvania and practices in that state.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available online?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.

How does billing and cost work?

Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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