Q&A Sessions
Problems in the Home?
Difficulties Reconciling Faith, Love, and Mental Health?
Aren't "boundaries" selfish?
Join weekly intimate conversations with peers and a proven Catholic resource for people needing guidance in areas such as boundaries and communication, anxiety, worry, teen confusion, addictions, and improving relationships with a spouse or children.
If the available slots below do not fit your needs or schedule, or you're simply ready for a closed council with only 5-6 members, I facilitate those as well. I call them Councils of Peers to avoid confusion with group therapy. Fill out an interest form below.
I changed careers in 2009 to pursue clinical psychology and combine up-to-date research and practice in trauma recovery, anxiety, and relationships with my rich history of faith-based mentoring. Now I'm moving beyond the confines of American healthcare to share the knowledge I have sifted and integrated. Plus I include my fascination with philosophy, theology, art, comedy, and the constant messaging we all experience. Come explore for answers in a context of expertise and peer support too!
Who These Meetings Are For
Is individual therapy and assumption of pathology truly the best approach to grappling with the challenges confronting you? Perhaps our culture needs to rethink that. I believe that many, many personal gifts and resources in society are going underutilized. When I bring my areas of expertise to a small group of peers with their own areas of expertise, we make amazing discoveries together, and each benefits from the mutual support as well. For the cost of a typical healthcare co-pay you can transform your life, family, or organization -- with answers, education, and clarifications in real-time.
I pursued my doctorate in Clinical Psychology at age 39, nearly a decade and a half ago, after 20 years of experience in mentoring and work in advertising and film. My path took me to Divine Mercy University first (M.S.) then a PhD at OleMiss. Take advantage of my abundant later-life education and so many years of synthesizing theory, research, and beliefs with hundreds if not thousands of real lives.
I trained at VA Medical Centers at UCSD and Honolulu, and worked with military Veterans from 2014-2017 and 2019-2021, with an emphasis on PTSD from combat, sexual assault, and other interpersonal trauma. And addressed plenty of anxiety, depression, personality disorders, and more.
I came from advertising and love brevity and efficiency. My doctoral dissertation and subsequent hospital program improvement project demonstrated high success rate of a single-session 2-hour intervention for trauma recovery, even with people with psychosis or addictions.
I have done abundant couples counseling and restored relationships between parents and adult children as well.
Since my earliest clinical placement in 2012 I have been showing that there is no Pandora's Box to fear. It's more like a cluttered attic that many people can learn to help others with – and benefit in the process.
Help yourself and others get back the wonderful internal God-given resources that are currently being depleted.
Open Q&A Meetings
These are open to all but my goal is to also create small private Councils of Peers of 4-6 people united by gender, role in life, or other criteria. They are facilitated by me, Dr. Alessandri. You may attend any or all three of these when you register for one of them.
2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific
Secures your seat for 12 Weeks but you can cancel any time.
Make or deepen friendships and extend this experience past the need of having a facilitator.
2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific
Secures your seat for 12 Weeks but you can cancel any time.
Make or deepen friendships and extend this experience past the need of having a facilitator.
2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific
Secures your seat for 12 Weeks but you can cancel any time.
Make or deepen friendships and extend this experience past the need of having a facilitator.
Private Q&A Meetings with Peers and Facilitator
Use this link to express interest and criteria for a small facilitated peer group you might like to be part of. Examples are "priests," "women," and "CEOs".
Trauma Recovery
I also offer interactive and PDF workbooks and classes for trauma recovery. So often trauma is at the root of other problems. These self-help and other-help tools can offer the privacy and thorough approach you or a loved one needs.
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Individual Services
Keep in Touch
Use this to message us, or email me at freshlearnfern at gmail.com.
