Therapist profile
Venessa Ellington Alston, LCSW
Colorado
LCSW - Anxiety and Addictions
Continue with VenessaWhere Venessa stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Colorado / 09926274
- NPI
- 1740775220
- Experience
- 30 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Colorado
About
- Codependency support
- Smoking cessation
- Anger management
About Venessa
Venessa Ellington Alston is a Colorado Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of professional experience. She works with adults who struggle with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. Many people who come to her are also dealing with codependency and relational patterns that leave them putting others first. Sessions are conversational and practical, focused on what matters in daily life.
Venessa adapts her approach to each person she meets. She listens for the problems that crop up again and again. Then she helps clients try clearer boundaries, healthier habits, and ways to respond to cravings, anger, or intense shame. The work includes skills practice as well as talking through choices and consequences.
Her background includes long experience in behavioral health settings in Colorado. That history informs a straightforward style aimed at helping people manage cravings, reduce panic or worry, and rebuild self-respect. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions rather than a single prescribed method.
People often come with complicated feelings around guilt, forgiveness, and identity. Venessa supports practical steps such as stopping smoking or vaping, addressing process addictions, and working through postpartum or midlife transitions. She also attends to multicultural concerns and the extra stress they can bring.
Sessions use a subscription billing model that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a first session. International clients who speak English are accepted.
How sessions work
How evidence-based techniques are used in online work
Venessa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people reduce anxiety and manage addictive behaviors. One common approach focuses on identifying triggers and practicing new responses, which helps with cravings, impulsivity, and process addictions. Another approach emphasizes skills for regulating strong emotions like anger and panic, teaching breathing, grounding, and short behavioral experiments to test different reactions.Finding the right way to work together is part of the process. She will discuss different methods with each client and choose approaches based on the client’s goals, daily challenges, and preferences. That conversation is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
The original biography does not list which online formats are offered, so confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online work helpful because it can fit into a lunch break, reduce travel time, or let them use video or phone when it suits their day. Online sessions can also make it easier to practice skills in real-life settings and bring immediate examples to the conversation.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. Codependency and related issues such as guilt, shame, and forgiveness are also areas of focus.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her sessions are conversational and practical, using evidence-based therapeutic techniques to teach skills and change unhelpful patterns. She emphasizes clear steps and practice rather than abstract theory.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional experience working in behavioral health settings and with adults facing addiction and mood concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Colorado Licensed Clinical Social Worker, listed as LCSW, and practices from Colorado.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.