Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
How Alison works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Florida, California
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Alison
Alison "Cindy" Lapidus is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She guides clients through career pressure, self-esteem struggles, addiction-related worries, and other life transitions. Her tone is calm and practical, focused on real steps people can try between sessions.
She frames sessions around the client's immediate needs. Conversations are client-centered and goal-focused. She mixes practical tools with mindfulness exercises to reduce distress and build clearer thinking.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. With 14 years of experience, Cindy draws on a range of methods to meet different problems. She uses the Gottman Method for relationship-focused work and motivational interviewing to support change around habits or addictive patterns.
These approaches are chosen to match each person’s goals and situation. Cindy treats concerns such as trauma and abuse, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, sleeping problems, and career transitions. She also supports people dealing with body image, codependency, infidelity, and money issues.
Her work addresses both emotional relief and practical problem solving. Sessions are offered from California and conducted in English. She holds California and Florida licenses as a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT.
People connect with her by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on her availability.
What Alison works with
Everything Alison lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Alison's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Alison lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and clarifies goals so sessions stay relevant to their daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete techniques to change patterns that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, anger, and sleep difficulties.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try techniques that fit their situation. Together they adjust methods over time so the work stays practical and goal oriented.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Alison
What kinds of problems can she help with?
She supports a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and career difficulties.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is compassionate and practical, combining client-centered conversations with tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches to address thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience working with people across life transitions, workplace stress, identity questions, and relationship challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and Florida and practices from California.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted, so sessions are arranged for people within the supported regions.
What session formats does she offer?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do sessions cost and how is billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.