Alanna Higgins, LCSW
Licensed in Pennsylvania · 10 years in practice
Alanna Higgins is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice and a focus on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career questions, and depression.
License and registration
- LCSW, Pennsylvania
- CW019847 · expires February 2027
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC06001700 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, Delaware
- Q1-0012240 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1093221954 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
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About Alanna
Alanna Higgins is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice and a focus on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career questions, and depression. She starts by listening carefully to each person’s story and looks for practical ways to move forward. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making therapy doable and relevant to daily life.
In sessions she helps people identify what gets in the way of feeling better.
Background and approach
She offers tools to manage anxious thoughts, boost motivation, and rebuild confidence. Conversations are goal-focused and paced to match what a person needs right now. Alanna uses several evidence-based approaches to shape the work, including cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and trauma-focused methods when past events affect the present.
She blends skills, reflection, and short-term strategies so progress can show up between sessions. People who reach out often want help with caregiver stress, adoption and foster care challenges, commitment and control issues, or persistent shame and guilt. She also supports those coping with obsessive thoughts, hoarding behaviors, relationship betrayals, and questions about life purpose.
Alanna holds LCSW credentialing and is licensed in Pennsylvania and Delaware. She encourages a collaborative process where the person’s goals guide the plan. If someone wants steady, practical support and clearer next steps, she helps make therapy feel more manageable.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Alanna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alanna names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate well to online care
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test them against real-life evidence. It offers concrete exercises for reducing anxiety, shifting mood, and changing behavior in everyday situations. DBT, or dialectical behavior therapy, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. It can be useful when emotions feel overwhelming or when someone needs practical tools to manage crises. EMDR, used for processing distressing memories, combines focused attention with guided eye movements or other bilateral stimulation to reduce the intensity of upsetting memories and their impact on daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, past experiences, and current challenges to pick methods that fit each person's needs. That plan can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift, and decisions are made collaboratively.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone appointments are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging can provide quick reflections, homework prompts, or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career problems, depression, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, hoarding, OCD, and relationship issues like infidelity and jealousy.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The approach is practical and collaborative. Sessions mix skill teaching, reflection, and short-term goals to help people make changes between appointments.
What is the therapist's background and experience?
She has ten years of professional experience helping people with anxiety, motivation, confidence, career concerns, and depression.
What credentials and location are associated with this therapist?
She holds LCSW credentialing and is licensed in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Her practice information lists Pennsylvania as a primary location.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the person’s needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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