ABOUT ALEXANDRIA HAYS

hello! I’m Allie

I’m a counselor and coach who believes that real change begins with how we relate to ourselves. My work is about creating safe, compassionate spaces where you can slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with what matters most.

I’m drawn to this work because I’ve seen how powerful it can be to feel truly heard and supported — especially during seasons of loss, transition, or uncertainty. I believe we all have the capacity to heal, grow, and create lives that feel more aligned, even if the path there isn’t always straightforward.

 

Serene calming office space – Alexandria Hays Therapeutic Counselling
 

In August 2019, I graduated from LeTourneau University where I received my master's degree in professional counseling. Shortly after I moved to New Zealand where I gained experience working with children, adolescents, and individuals as well as their families. This exposure gave me insight into a wide range of clients and disorders. I am now based in Austin, Texas and I am registered as a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate under the supervision of Karen F. Breeding, MA, LPC-S. 

 
I hope to help my clients realize that although life happens to all of us, that does not mean it has to define you.
— alexandria hays
 

I fully believe in the capacity for change and understand that everyone at times is subject to the whims of a randomly cruel universe. I hope to help my clients realize that although life happens to all of us, that does not mean it has to define you. I strive to be an agent of positive change in the lives of others as I help my clients reach the optimum state of mental health and well-being that each unique individual is capable of achieving.

Through the relationships with my clients, I hope to help them learn to examine their thoughts, feelings, attitudes, values, and behaviors while creating a space for them to grow and change in positive ways. My main focus revolves around grief/loss, life transitions, depression, anxiety, challenging distorted thinking, relationships, and trauma recovery.

 
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My Specialities

Anxiety

Depression

ADD / ADHD

PTSD / Trauma

Psychedelic Integration

Grief & Loss

Self-esteem

Stress

Relationship challenges

Life Transitions/Changes

MY APPROACH

 
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The type of therapies that I utilize most often are:

Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Narrative Therapy and Somatic Experiencing (SE).

I believe that healing begins with curiosity and compassion - toward ourselves, our stories, and the different parts of who we are. My work is grounded in a trauma-informed lens, honoring the fact that what may look like “problems” are often wise adaptations to what you’ve been through.

I draw inspiration from Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help you gently explore and understand your inner parts, and from somatic-based practices that invite the body into the healing process. We might use mindful awareness, breath, or movement to help release stress held in the body and reconnect with a sense of safety and presence.

For those navigating grief and loss, I offer a space where all emotions are welcome — sorrow, anger, numbness, even moments of joy. Grief is not a problem to be solved, but a process to be tended, and together we’ll explore ways to live fully while carrying what you’ve lost.

I see our work together as a collaboration. You are the expert on your own life; I’m here to walk alongside you, offering tools, reflections, and steady support as you move toward more clarity, connection, and self-trust. My hope is that you leave each session feeling a little more at home in yourself.

 What Being a Therapist Means to Me

Within counseling, I strive to incorporate mind, body, and spirit in order to help individuals live more fulfilled and wholehearted lives.

In 2025, the societal pressures we live under are intense. Through my relationships with clients, I hope to help them learn to examine their thoughts, feelings, attitudes, values, and behaviors enabling them to grow and change in positive ways. My practice is growth-oriented and helps clients to overcome developmental hurdles. Someone once told me that whatever I decided to do in my life and with my career, ensure that it creates value within the community. Over the years, that has always stuck with me. To me, nothing creates more value than evoking positive change within individuals that feel like they are stuck and can’t move forward.

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

- R.W Emerson

Get in touch to learn more about my services or to schedule a free 15-minute consultation