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Alexandria Fields MSW, LISW-S, DBTC
Specialties: Children and Adolescents, Infant Mental Health, Play Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Borderline Personality Disorder, Trauma
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Alyx Fields MSW, LISW-S, DBTC is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and obtained her Bachelors’ degree from the University of Cincinnati and her Master’s degree from the University of Kentucky. Alyx is the director of the DBT® Center at Compass Point, the Training Center at Compass Point and operates as co-clinical director for the practice.
Alyx is trained in infant mental health, Play Therapy, Exposure Therapy (especially successful in treating phobias), Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT®), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has extensive training in cultural diversity and working as an ally with the LGBT+ community. She enjoys reading recently published articles to stay abreast of new treatment techniques and issues facing people today. Alyx has worked in several settings including home based therapy, private practice, school based therapy, group therapy and in community mental health centers. She treats clients of all ages at the Anderson office and her areas of clinical interest include attachment disorders, parent/child bonding, infant mental health, behavioral problems, grief and loss, body image issues and body dysmorphia, parent/teen communication, and childhood depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder and working with victims of trauma.
Alyx has a client centered and strength based theoretical orientation, meaning when you work with her, she will help you identify and reach goals that are important to you while capitalizing on your strengths. She seeks to empower clients to make the changes in their lives with habits they identify as problematic. Alyx has a holistic view on treatment and feels that all family members should take part in the treatment of the identified client in order to help the client’s family system to be healthier as a whole.
You can follow Alexandria on her mental health blog at https://yourmentalrestoration.com/
Alyx is trained in infant mental health, Play Therapy, Exposure Therapy (especially successful in treating phobias), Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT®), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has extensive training in cultural diversity and working as an ally with the LGBT+ community. She enjoys reading recently published articles to stay abreast of new treatment techniques and issues facing people today. Alyx has worked in several settings including home based therapy, private practice, school based therapy, group therapy and in community mental health centers. She treats clients of all ages at the Anderson office and her areas of clinical interest include attachment disorders, parent/child bonding, infant mental health, behavioral problems, grief and loss, body image issues and body dysmorphia, parent/teen communication, and childhood depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder and working with victims of trauma.
Alyx has a client centered and strength based theoretical orientation, meaning when you work with her, she will help you identify and reach goals that are important to you while capitalizing on your strengths. She seeks to empower clients to make the changes in their lives with habits they identify as problematic. Alyx has a holistic view on treatment and feels that all family members should take part in the treatment of the identified client in order to help the client’s family system to be healthier as a whole.
You can follow Alexandria on her mental health blog at https://yourmentalrestoration.com/
More about Play Therapy
Play is the first language a child learns to communicate in order to get their needs met. Play therapy is highly effective in treatment of younger clients (typically aged 3-12), as they often struggle to find words for their feelings. Play is strategically used to help children find more adaptive ways to process and make sense of their troubles. Research supports the use of play therapy in the treatment of children with a wide range of social, emotional, and environmental problems (divorce, bullying, death of family member, trauma, illness, or phobias).
More about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
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More about Exposure Therapy
Exposure therapy has been found to be one of the most effective treatments for anxiety and phobias. It is not just about “getting used to’ the feared stimulus; rather it involves retraining your brain to not trigger the panic signal when there isn’t a real danger. Exposure therapy can be successfully used in children and adults. Exposure therapy typically see’s results in 8-10 session; however results vary with each client.
More about Infant Mental Health
Our brains and bodies grow more from 0-3 than perhaps any other time in our lives. Infant mental health is a specialty that seeks to optimize an infant’s social, cognitive and emotional development by working with the infant and caregiver. Treatment includes parent education, parent-child bonding, and optimizing the infant’s communication and confidence.
Play is the first language a child learns to communicate in order to get their needs met. Play therapy is highly effective in treatment of younger clients (typically aged 3-12), as they often struggle to find words for their feelings. Play is strategically used to help children find more adaptive ways to process and make sense of their troubles. Research supports the use of play therapy in the treatment of children with a wide range of social, emotional, and environmental problems (divorce, bullying, death of family member, trauma, illness, or phobias).
More about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Click here for more information
More about Exposure Therapy
Exposure therapy has been found to be one of the most effective treatments for anxiety and phobias. It is not just about “getting used to’ the feared stimulus; rather it involves retraining your brain to not trigger the panic signal when there isn’t a real danger. Exposure therapy can be successfully used in children and adults. Exposure therapy typically see’s results in 8-10 session; however results vary with each client.
More about Infant Mental Health
Our brains and bodies grow more from 0-3 than perhaps any other time in our lives. Infant mental health is a specialty that seeks to optimize an infant’s social, cognitive and emotional development by working with the infant and caregiver. Treatment includes parent education, parent-child bonding, and optimizing the infant’s communication and confidence.
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Testimonials
Nothing seemed to be helping my daughter’s downward spiral into depression and anxiety until we found Alyx Beresford and her DBT skills class at Compass Point. Together we completed the full year of DBT in a group setting with other teens and parents. Each week, as my daughter gained mindfulness based coping skills and improved self esteem, she began to let down her guard and non-judgementally love herself. As a mother, I learned fantastic skills that help me parent all 3 of my children more effectively. My daughter will always battle anxiety and depression, but now she has coping skills and tools she can use when things get rough. I am so grateful to Alyx and the rest of our DBT group for a learning experience that changed both me and my daughter for the better. Hopefully we will both always remember to use our DBT skills when we need them!-anonymous |
“I am so glad that I was able to begin seeing Alyx for therapy about two years ago. With her therapeutic guidance, I have progressed more in the time I’ve had Alyx as a therapist than in all previous 10+ years of therapy; not only is this visible to me and my treatment team, but also to my family and friends. She challenges me, yet is still compassionate. Compass Point’s DBT team has also helped me tremendously (Charles, Jen, Joanna, Jaquelin, Mary, and Kim have been ones that I’ve interacted with). I don’t think there are words adequate to convey what Alyx and Compass Point’s DBT team do for me… |