Alex J. Chase, M.Ed., LPC-S, LCPC-S
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Supervisor and have been working in the mental health field for over 20 years. I am licensed in Texas (LPC-S #77074), and Kansas (LCPC-S #03483). I am accepting new LPC-Associates for clinical supervision in Texas. I am accepting new LPCs for clinical supervision in Kansas.
I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology/Sociology from the University of Houston in 2003. I returned to the same university to continue my graduate school work and graduated with my M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology in 2011. I am currently a PhD Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Education and Supervision at Antioch University Seattle.
My clinical experience includes: private practice, inpatient psychiatric facility, Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient facilities (PHP/IOP), a correctional facility, government agency caseworker, and several community agencies/organizations, including: Montrose Center, HAWC, AVDA, The Shape of Behavior, and the TX School for the Deaf. I have also worked as a contractor to provide court-ordered interventions, including Parenting, Substance Abuse, BIPP, and Anger Management groups. I have been in private practice since 2016 and co-founded New Focus Counseling Alliance, Inc. in 2019. My experience has given me an amazing opportunity to work with individuals, couples, families, and groups who have a variety of diagnoses and levels of functioning.
I have a passion for working with clients who are a part of the LGBTQIA+ community. I am a WPATH member and have experience writing letters of support. I specialize in gender identity, sexual orientation, intimate partner/relationship issues, family issues (family of origin, blended, chosen families), mood disorders (anxiety, depression), life transitions, elevating self-esteem, stress management, trauma/PTSD, and learning more effective coping skills.
I utilize a variety of therapeutic approaches and techniques that are highly personalized to each client’s needs to address their personal life challenges and reach their goals. The clinical approaches I use the most include: client-centered, humanistic, Gottman (for couples), existential, narrative therapy, CBT, family systems, parts work, and solution-focused. As a psychotherapist and as a supervisor, I use a person-centered, strengths-based, trauma-informed, and cultural humility lens.
I have found that a critical factor in therapeutic outcomes lies in the relationship and rapport you have with your therapist. I pride myself on my ability to create a supportive, trusting therapeutic relationship with compassionate, unbiased understanding. I strive to create a foundation that provides a safe, non-judgmental environment for personal exploration, reflection, growth, and positive change.
We will start from where you are right now, and I am committed to fully understanding your internal experience, life history, patterns, and current struggles leading up to today. It would be a privilege to assist you in recognizing your innate abilities, building on your strengths, processing the past, and providing practical feedback and new skills you can use in the present and future. I can help you learn self-awareness, find purpose and meaning, identify triggers and patterns, explore behavioral responses, and develop effective coping skills.
I am licensed in Texas and Kansas, so I offer telehealth sessions statewide for both states. I see clients in person in my Wichita, Kansas office.
I look forward to working with you!
