Alicia Fowler

Alicia Fowler, LMSW, is a Michigan-based therapist who supports adults navigating the effects of trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship trauma, and painful family patterns, including dynamics shaped by narcissistic, controlling, or emotionally neglectful environments. She is neurodivergent-affirming and brings personal understanding to work with clients who feel misunderstood, overextended, or stuck in roles that no longer fit.

Many people come to therapy with Alicia after years of overthinking, people-pleasing, or noticing how early experiences continue to show up in adult relationships. She helps clients explore these patterns with compassion rather than judgment, with the aim of building a more secure, empowered connection with themselves and with others.

Her approach is integrative and draws primarily from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), with additional tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). In everyday terms, this work can involve learning how to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings, strengthening emotional regulation, and creating new relationship patterns that reflect personal values instead of fear-driven habits.

Alicia also has a special focus on supporting over-functioning caregivers as they practice boundaries, reconnect with their own needs, and loosen an identity built around caring for others at their own expense. In therapy, clients can expect a grounded, nonjudgmental space to process past and present pain, practice self-compassion, and move toward healthier relationships and a more authentic sense of self.