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Alicia Lampley-Gebel is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor and is in the process of fulfilling the requirements to become a Registered Play Therapist. Alicia graduated in 2017 from California State University - Sacramento with a Master’s degree in Counseling and a specialization in school counseling. For the past 15 years, she has worked with diverse groups of children, adolescents, and families in a variety of settings. Prior to relocating to Central Oregon, Alicia spent seven years as an Alternative Education High School Counselor in the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District, developing and implementing counselor resources, earning her the prestigious Linda Brown Fellows Award in 2019. In addition, Alicia brings three years of experience as a Program Manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters, four years of classroom teaching experience, and experience in graduate-level instruction, teaching both Counseling Theory and Play and Art Therapy at CSU-Sacramento. Prior to counseling, Alicia earned a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies. As Alicia came to understand the critical connection between social-emotional health and learning, she ultimately returned to school to focus on counseling.
My Story
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning, but for children, it is serious learning” - Fred Rogers
Alicia believes that children and adolescents, as well as adults, must be given a variety of tools to understand, express and integrate their life experiences to develop adaptive strategies for the future. Alicia leads with curiosity and trusts in the client’s inner directionality. Whether working with children, adolescents, parents, families, or adults, Alicia relies on a variety of therapeutic tools and modalities including mindfulness-based practices, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques, Brief Intervention Therapy, and experience in trauma and crisis counseling. In addition, Alicia brings her extensive knowledge and experience of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Gestalt Play and Art Therapy to her practice.
Alicia has experience working with clients with varying diagnoses and presenting problems such as: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Adjustment Disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, ADHD, and Autism.