Alisia Quigley-Holmbeck, LCSW

Licensed in Illinois · 16 years in practice

Alisia Quigley-Holmbeck is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with 16 years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Illinois: 149.024697 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1629706825 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 16
Languages: English

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About Alisia

Alisia Quigley-Holmbeck is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with 16 years of experience. She draws on a long history of work in psychiatric crisis settings and animal-assisted programs to support people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She aims to make the first step easier for someone feeling overwhelmed.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. Sessions tend to be practical and down-to-earth.

Background and approach

She uses appropriately timed humor when it helps lower intensity and make difficult topics easier to address. Her work often focuses on building on a person’s strengths. She helps people tackle social and emotional struggles, behavioral concerns, and issues rooted in family of origin.

She also supports those dealing with attachment and abandonment worries, adoption and foster care histories, and caregiver stress. Alisia has experience with equine-assisted psychotherapy and therapeutic riding as part of her background in animal-assisted therapies. She brings that perspective to her clinical work while adapting to what each person needs in conversation or skill building.

She helps people think about practical steps for managing mood, improving self-esteem, and coping with life changes. The approach is collaborative - she listens, offers ideas, and works with each person to set realistic goals. Taking the first step can be hard, and she provides steady support through that process.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Alisia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Online support

Approaches and online therapy that fit your life

Alisia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building strengths and managing symptoms. One key approach centers on strength-based work, which looks at a person’s existing abilities and uses them to address mood, motivation, and self-esteem concerns. This approach helps people set achievable goals and try practical steps between sessions.

Another common element of her work draws on trauma-informed care and stabilization strategies. That means sessions include pacing, grounding, and coping skills to reduce overwhelm and make discussing difficult experiences more manageable. Her background with animal-assisted and equine-assisted programs informs a calm, relational style in conversation and skill-building.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they choose techniques and adjust the plan as needs change over time.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, coping prompts, or when someone prefers written communication. These formats make it easier to get regular support while balancing daily life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Alisia commonly address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care, and caregiver stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is practical and down-to-earth. She uses a strengths-based stance, listens without judgment, and may use light, timely humor to ease difficult conversations.

How much experience does she have?

She brings 16 years of professional experience, including work in psychiatric crisis settings and programs using animal-assisted therapies.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Illinois and practices from that state.

What languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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