Dr. Alexandra Hershberger , KY Psychologist 265972

Dr. Alexandra Hershberger is a licensed clinical psychologist in Kentucky with five years of experience providing therapy to adults. She combines a listening-first approach with evidence-based techniques to help people manage addiction, trauma, sleep difficulties, anger, depression, and related concerns. Her training emphasizes treating the whole person, attending to mental, physical, and social aspects of wellbeing.

Her degree is in clinical health psychology, which informs her work with clients who experience mental health conditions alongside physical health challenges. From that perspective she has helped people coping with chronic pain, gastrointestinal issues, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and liver disease, framing those concerns through a mental health lens. She also has experience addressing abandonment, codependency, dissociation, issues around BDSM and alternative sexual cultures, first responder and military trauma, and the emotional impacts of cancer, chronic illness, and disability.

Dr. Hershberger works with adults age 18 and older across the lifespan and uses skills-based approaches to support emotion regulation, communication, and recovery from substance use and trauma. She is available to answer questions about her practice and aims to support clients on their journey toward improved health and recovery. License information: KY Psychologist 265972.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care for Trauma and Addiction

Dr. Hershberger frequently draws on trauma-focused methods that help people process distressing experiences while teaching skills to manage intrusive memories, hyperarousal, and emotional triggers. She also uses behavioral and skills-based techniques aimed at changing unhelpful patterns in mood, sleep, and substance use by teaching practical strategies for emotion regulation, sleep hygiene, and relapse prevention. These approaches are grounded in evidence and adapted to each person’s needs.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Hershberger works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then adjusts techniques over time so care aligns with each person’s pace and priorities.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or health challenges. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit sessions into busy schedules, and access therapeutic support from home or other convenient locations, while still working with licensed professionals to address trauma, addiction, sleep, and related concerns.