Alejandra Mercado, LCSW

Alejandra Mercado is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and struggles with addiction. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make therapy direct and understandable for people juggling busy lives and big emotions.

Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens first, then works with each person to set small, practical goals. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on patterns that keep problems repeating. Alejandra uses plain language and real-world examples so people can try new ways of coping between visits.

She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to offer tools for managing painful thoughts, shifting unhelpful behaviors, and clarifying values. That mix helps with panic, low mood, substance use concerns, and ongoing pain or health challenges.

Alejandra has ten years of clinical experience and often supports people from immigrant and multicultural backgrounds. She pays attention to how culture, identity, and past hurts shape current relationships and choices.

In sessions she will help identify useful coping strategies, practice communication skills, and sort out steps toward meaningful goals. Many people come for relief from immediate symptoms, then move on to longer-term work on self-worth, life purpose, and healthier patterns.

To begin, she asks people to share their priorities so therapy stays focused on what matters most to them.

How her approaches guide online care

Alejandra uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people manage overwhelming thoughts and take steps that match their values. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that matter, which can help when avoidance or worry gets in the way. CBT looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers practical exercises to reduce panic, low mood, and unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Alejandra will work together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That means trying ideas in session and adjusting them based on what helps most over time.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking since the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow follow-up between visits. It also lets people keep momentum on skills practice and check in about homework or changes in symptoms without needing an office visit.