- Integrative approach
- Practical tools
- Community experience
About Alexandra
Alexandra Ainge Cottle is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, and a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, based in Utah. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma, and issues around intimacy and self‑esteem. Her work also covers eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and related challenges.
She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a history of work in schools, shelters, and community organizations. Alexandra earned a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Utah, where she focused on cognitive behavioral and multicultural approaches. Over the years she has run a private practice and supported many individuals, couples, and families through conflict and life changes.
In sessions she uses an integrative style, drawing on cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment‑based work, dialectical behavior techniques, and client‑centered principles. She adapts tools to each person and creates straightforward plans people can try between meetings. Her approach is down‑to‑earth, mixing empathy and practical skill building.
Alexandra has presented on parenting, self‑esteem, anger management, grief, and related topics to community groups. She has also volunteered in schools and homeless shelters, which informs her perspective on real‑world stressors. She describes therapy as a collaborative process aimed at helping people reclaim steadier functioning and clearer goals.
People who choose her can expect a therapist who draws on personal and professional experience, values honest connection, and focuses on usable strategies for everyday life.
She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a history of work in schools, shelters, and community organizations. Alexandra earned a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Utah, where she focused on cognitive behavioral and multicultural approaches. Over the years she has run a private practice and supported many individuals, couples, and families through conflict and life changes.
In sessions she uses an integrative style, drawing on cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment‑based work, dialectical behavior techniques, and client‑centered principles. She adapts tools to each person and creates straightforward plans people can try between meetings. Her approach is down‑to‑earth, mixing empathy and practical skill building.
Alexandra has presented on parenting, self‑esteem, anger management, grief, and related topics to community groups. She has also volunteered in schools and homeless shelters, which informs her perspective on real‑world stressors. She describes therapy as a collaborative process aimed at helping people reclaim steadier functioning and clearer goals.
People who choose her can expect a therapist who draws on personal and professional experience, values honest connection, and focuses on usable strategies for everyday life.
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