From the ground beneath you, a space to belong, heal, and rise

Compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for high achieving women, persons of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, caregivers, and teens 16+ across North Carolina.

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I’m Glad You’re Here!

Welcome to Grounded Resilience Counseling — a space created with you in mind.

If you've found your way here, something in you is already reaching toward healing. That takes courage. And I don't take that lightly.

Maybe you're the one everyone else leans on. The one who keeps it together at work, at home, in every room that needs you while quietly wondering when someone is going to show up for you. Maybe you've been carrying the weight of trauma, navigating anxiety or depression, or simply running on empty for so long that you can't quite remember what full felt like.

You don't have to keep doing it alone.

I'm Alexandria "Alex" Cooke, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and I created this space specifically for high achieving women, persons of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, caregivers, and teens 16+ who are ready to stop surviving and start living.

Here, you are not too much. You are not broken. You are not behind. You are a whole person who has been through real things and healing is not only possible for you, it is something you are already moving toward just by being here.

No judgment. No pressure. No timeline that isn't yours.

You belong here. Let's begin.

Work With Me

Areas of Focus

  • Trauma/PTSD

    Trauma doesn't always look like one big event. Sometimes it's years of being overlooked, overworked, or made to feel like you had to shrink to fit. Whatever you've carried, you deserve space to put it down. We move at your pace, with your safety always at the center.

  • Mood & Anxiety Disorders

    Whether it's the relentless hum of anxiety, the heaviness of depression, or the unpredictability of bipolar disorder, your experience is real and it deserves real support. Therapy can help you understand your patterns, find steadiness, and build a life that feels more like yours.

  • High Achieving Women

    You've worked hard to get where you are. But somewhere along the way, achievement started feeling more like survival than success. If you're exhausted, burned out, or wondering why accomplishing everything still doesn't feel like enough, this space was built for you.

  • Persons of Color

    Navigating spaces that weren't built for you takes a toll that doesn't always have a name. The code switching, the hypervisibility, the pressure to perform and protect yourself at the same time. You deserve a therapist who gets it without you having to explain it first.

  • Caregivers

    You have been someone's person for a long time. A parent, a partner, a daughter, a colleague, maybe all of the above. You give so much and ask for so little. This is a space where someone finally gets to show up for you.

  • LGBTQIA+ Affirming Care

    This is a space where you don't have to shrink, explain, or justify who you are. Whether you're navigating identity, relationships, family dynamics, or simply want a therapist who gets it, you are fully welcome here exactly as you are.