Alanna Higgins, LCSW

Alanna Higgins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of professional experience, based in Pennsylvania and licensed to practice across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. She works with people navigating stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career transitions, depression, and compassion fatigue, drawing on a broad set of clinical skills to support meaningful change.

Her practice also addresses a range of related concerns including adoption and foster care challenges, caregiver stress, commitment and control issues, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, hoarding, infidelity, isolation and loneliness, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. She brings experience supporting veterans and armed forces issues as well as matters related to gender dysphoria and forgiveness, tailoring care to each person’s unique needs.

Alanna approaches therapy from a strengths-based perspective, believing that each person is the expert of their own story and already possesses resources that can be mobilized toward healing. She integrates evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness practices, and Motivational Interviewing to create individualized plans. She acknowledges that beginning therapy takes courage and aims to create a collaborative, respectful environment that helps people move toward their goals.