Alexa Snyder, Ph.D., LMFT
Florida: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MT3197)
Indiana: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (35002186A)
Alexa Snyder is co-founder and co-owner at Fresh Start Life Solutions. She approaches therapy from a systemic viewpoint, utilizing integrative therapeutic models and techniques tailored to each client’s individual needs. She often works with clients who are struggling with Anxiety, Stress, Depression, Anger Management, Eating Disorders, Sexuality, Phobias, Relationship/Marriage Difficulties, Divorce, the Blending of Families, Parenting, Child Behavior, ADHD, ASD, and ODD. She is particularly passionate about working with teens and young adults, with a specific focus on life transitions, and learning to effectively manage the challenges that present themselves during such times.
Alexa welcomes a collaborative approach to therapy, frequently consulting with other professionals, to ensure the best all-around care for her clients. She and Brenna Sadkin, Fresh Start Life Solutions co-owner and co-founder, often give talks/workshops to local schools on the relationship between children's behavior in school and their family dynamics, providing teachers, as well as administration, with tools and techniques they can utilize to make their schools and classrooms more positive and effective learning environments for all children. Alexa encourages the utilization of experiential therapies, such as equine therapy (groundwork and riding), art therapy, and walk-and-talk therapy, in her practice, as a way to provide her clients with an added "boost" to the services they are already receiving.
Alexa earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in 2010, her M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University in 2012, and her Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University in 2018. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Florida and the state of Indiana. Alexa is an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Clinical Fellow. She has been working with with individuals, families, couples, children, and groups since 2011. She completed a 50-hour hypnotherapy training in July of 2014, enabling her to practice hypnotherapy in the state of Florida. Alexa often incorporates hypnotherapy and mindfulness techniques when working with clients who are struggling with issues surrounding anxiety and stress.
