Hi, I’m Alexis! I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin and the therapist behind Anchored Mind. I offer online therapy throughout the state.
Before starting Anchored Mind Counseling, I spent years working with children, teens, and adults through all kinds of situations. Some were straightforward. Others? Not even close.
My background is in community-based mental health and therapy, which means I've spent a lot of time working with people whose lives don't always fit neatly into a treatment plan.
And I've learned a lot from that experience. Probably one of the biggest things is that what works really well for one person might make absolutely no sense for someone else.
I don't have a one-size-fits-all way of doing therapy. I like getting to know how people think, what matters to them, and what they've already tried. Sometimes that means getting creative, sometimes it means having an uncomfortable conversation, and sometimes it means realizing that the plan we came up with last week sounded great in theory but didn't stand a chance in real life.
That's okay. We can work with that.
Let’s Skip the Awkward Introduction.
I appreciate a good sense of humor.
Therapy can involve some pretty heavy conversations, but that doesn't mean every minute has to feel heavy. Sometimes being able to laugh about the absurdity of something makes it a little easier to talk about.
I'm curious, and I ask a lot of questions.
Not the rapid-fire interrogation kind. I just genuinely want to understand how things make sense from your perspective. Sometimes a question helps us notice something neither of us had considered before.
I don't expect you to have it all figured out.
You can change your mind, lose your train of thought, have absolutely no idea how to answer a question, or show up after a week when none of the things we talked about went according to plan. That's information we can work with, not something you need to apologize for.
I believe therapy should be useful outside the session.
Understanding yourself matters, but I also want you to leave with something you can actually use. Sometimes that's a new perspective. Sometimes it's a skill, a different way to approach a conversation, or a small change worth experimenting with.