About Alicia Neeley Counseling

Hi, I’m Alicia (she/her) — a therapist, a human, and someone who believes deeply in the power of connection, creativity, and healing on your own terms. I’m so glad you’re here.

Being a therapist has been my dream since I was a kid (yes, I was that child). My family has been active in the recovery world since I was born, so I grew up more on the Al-Anon side — surrounded by stories of healing, growth, and resilience. I knew early on that I wanted to be someone who listens, who witnesses, who walks alongside others in their messiest, most honest moments.

I wrote my senior thesis in high school on adolescent addiction and interned at a recovery center before I could legally vote. That calling has only grown stronger with time.

My Clinical Path

I earned my B.A. in Psychology from the University of Houston and my M.S. in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling from UH Clear Lake. Along the way, I worked in the service industry for nearly a decade, which taught me how to multitask, stay grounded, and read the emotional room — skills I still use every day in therapy.

I’ve worked with individuals in treatment centers, group practices, and now in my own private practice — with a focus on trauma recovery, chronic illness, neurodivergence, addiction, identity exploration, and relational healing.

During my clinical training, I spent two years in an intensive recovery setting, where I provided individual and group therapy, case management, and somatic support. I also worked in private practice under supervision, offering pro-bono therapy with a person-centered and integrative approach blending mindfulness, somatic work, art therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

After graduate school, I pursued mentorship-based training in trauma-centered art therapy and somatic healing, expanding my ability to support clients in expressive, creative, and body-based ways.

I’m also trained in:

Gottman Level 1 & 2 Couples Therapy – supporting partners in building connection, managing conflict, and fostering trust with emotional safety.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) – a powerful approach for resolving trauma, anxiety, and stuck emotional patterns.

In 2025, I opened my private practice — a decision rooted in both practicality and empowerment. As someone living with chronic illness and navigating life in a disabled body, I wanted to build a space that honored pacing, accessibility, and embodied care — for myself and for the people I work with.

My Approach

I show up to this work with warmth, humor, curiosity, and deep respect for your autonomy. Therapy with me is collaborative, grounded, creative, and spacious. I believe healing is not about “fixing” you — it’s about reconnecting with parts of yourself that were silenced, shamed, or split off to survive.

Whether you’re navigating trauma, chronic illness, burnout, identity shifts, grief, or simply trying to stay afloat in a loud and overwhelming world — I’m here to hold space for it all. The pain, the joy, the weirdness, the rage, the numbness, the hope. You get to bring your full self.

I believe in laughing through the hard stuff, crying when needed, and never underestimating the power of just being seen.

A Few Identities That Shape Me:

Disabled and chronically ill – I live with my own health complexities, which gives me deep empathy and lived understanding of pacing, adaptation, and invisible challenges.
Trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming – I honor the wisdom of your nervous system and welcome all ways of being, sensing, and processing.
Queer-aligned and relationally inclusive – I support expansive expressions of gender, sexuality, and relationships, and celebrate the many ways we connect and belong.
Former teacher and barre instructor – I bring structure when helpful, flexibility always, and a deep respect for the mind-body connection.
Lifelong learner and intuitive feeler – I blend research with intuition, curiosity with care.
Lego builder and hobby-shifter – I value play, creativity, and the permission to change (or quit!) things that no longer serve.
A little bit woo, a little bit research-based – I hold space for both the mystical and the measurable.
Recovering people-pleaser – learning to set boundaries and honor my own needs.
Former workaholic and overachiever – I’m redefining success beyond constant productivity.
Worth is not based on accomplishments – rest is resistance, naps are sacred, and you are enough just as you are.

The Human Stuff

When I’m not holding space for others, you can find me at a concert (when my body gives the thumbs-up), building LEGO sets like the neurospicy queen I am, or doing at-home Pilates for hypermobile humans—with just the right amount of enthusiasm and side-eye.

At home, I share life with two outrageously cute corgis and a cat who rules the household with an iron paw—and, honestly, all three run the place and my heart. I’m an extroverted human who also happens to love staying in. Whether I’m doomscrolling TikTok, emotionally over-identifying with a novel (or tearing through a Freida McFadden mystery), getting messy in the garden, hiding from the Texas heat, riding out a flare with a movie marathon, tackling a DIY project, or catching up with loved ones—if I’m feeling okay that day—it’s all part of my cozy, flexible, beautifully imperfect life.

My mornings are sacred — coffee and lo-fi beats are my emotional support combo.

Let’s Work Together

You are not broken. You are not too much. You are not too late.

If you’re looking for a therapist who will meet you where you are — with humor, flexibility, and realness — I’d be honored to connect.