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About Alyssa Dowdell
Alyssa Dowdell, MS, LAC, is a Licensed Associate Counselor at Pathways Counseling Services in Scottsdale, Arizona. She provides compassionate, individualized counseling for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional-regulation difficulties, self-esteem concerns, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.
Alyssa believes every client has the capacity for meaningful growth and healing. She creates a supportive, collaborative environment where clients can better understand their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors while developing practical skills they can use in everyday life.
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Her approach incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), DBT-informed skills, solution-focused strategies, trauma-informed care, and developmentally appropriate play-based and social-emotional interventions. Alyssa helps clients challenge anxious or self-critical thinking, improve emotional regulation and distress tolerance, strengthen communication, and develop healthier coping strategies.
Alyssa earned her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Grand Canyon University. Before joining Pathways Counseling Services, she gained supervised counseling experience in school-based and community mental health settings. Her experience includes helping children develop emotional-regulation and social skills and supporting adults navigating complex trauma and significant life transitions.
Alyssa tailors therapy to each client’s individual needs, goals, age, and preferred pace. Her work is warm, skills-based, and focused on helping clients feel understood, empowered, and better equipped to manage life’s challenges.
Children, adolescents, and adults seeking support for anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional regulation, self-esteem, relationship challenges, or major life transitions.
How this therapist works
CBT, DBT, Play Therapy, Trauma-Informed
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), DBT-informed skills, solution-focused strategies, trauma-informed care, and developmentally appropriate play-based and social-emotional interventions. DBT Certificate.
What a first session may be like
Before the first appointment, clients complete intake paperwork. In the first session, Alyssa learns about the client’s concerns, relevant history, and goals; the client and therapist then begin developing an individualized treatment plan.
Education and professional background
Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Grand Canyon University.
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