Alethea Braun-Dunagan, M.A., LPC meets Louisiana clients of every age by video, from our practice in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Currently accepting new clients
Request a Louisiana appointmentCounseling for Louisiana is provided by Alethea Braun-Dunagan, M.A., a Licensed Professional Counselor with extensive experience among children, adolescents and adults. She sees individuals, couples and families, and she also leads groups. People come to her with anxiety, low mood, the aftermath of trauma, recovery from addiction, postpartum difficulty and the accumulated stress of holding a household together. Her work is holistic and individualized, built on Cognitive Behavioral techniques rather than a single protocol applied to everyone.
Distances here are not always long, but reaching an appointment can still be complicated: a shift that changes every week, a storm that closes a morning, an hour of traffic in each direction, a child who cannot be left. Meeting by video removes most of that. Families in Lafayette or Monroe can put both parents in one session without either taking a half day, and a student who moves between Baton Rouge and home for the summer keeps the same counselor throughout.
Ms. Braun-Dunagan works across these areas with Louisiana clients, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral techniques and a holistic view of what is happening around a person.
Counseling for chronic worry, panic and the avoidance that follows it. Sessions combine practical skills for settling the body with a steady look at the thoughts that keep sounding the alarm.
Work with young people is a particular strength, including advocacy on a child's behalf, resolving trauma, and restoring relationships that have been strained at home or at school.
Partners meet together to address conflict, trust and the distance that grows when two people stop talking to one another. Attention goes to how each of you communicates under pressure.
Relapse prevention is a long-standing professional interest. Counseling supports people maintaining recovery, and family members whose own habits have organized themselves around someone else's drinking or use.
Mood changes after a birth are common, frightening and treatable. Counseling addresses lost sleep, intrusive worry about the baby, and the isolation many new mothers feel, with partners included where that helps.
For adults and teenagers whose reactions outrun the situation. We identify the early physical signs, build alternatives that work in the moment, and repair what the outbursts have cost.
Our approach is holistic, individualized, and carefully paced for working professionals, university students, and busy families alike. Before any technique is introduced, we want a clear picture of the household, your work schedule, and who else is affected. We primarily employ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), proceeding in small, testable steps with practical exercises to try between sessions. If something is not working, we have a frank conversation about adjusting the plan. We do not offer a quick fix, focusing instead on steady progress. We also bring extensive experience with culturally diverse clients, which matters in Louisiana, where language and family tradition often shape how distress gets described and what help feels acceptable. Cultural awareness is integrated into every stage of the therapeutic process.
Louisiana clients work with Alethea Braun-Dunagan, M.A., a Licensed Professional Counselor and our intake specialist. Dr. Lusk's psychological services are not available in this state, so care here is provided entirely by Ms. Braun-Dunagan.
Licensed Professional Counselor
Ms. Braun-Dunagan provides counseling to clients located in Louisiana through the Counseling Compact™, and has availability for Medicare and TriCare clients.
Ms. Braun-Dunagan is a Licensed Professional Counselor providing individual, couples and family counseling as well as groups, using Cognitive Behavioral techniques within a holistic, individualized approach. Her professional interests include women's issues, relapse prevention for addictions, postpartum mood disorders, stress management, and work with culturally diverse individuals. She is also our intake specialist, and she has availability for Medicare and TriCare clients.
Request an appointmentFull biographies, training, and areas of expertise are listed on our providers page. You can also read Ms. Braun-Dunagan’s licensure and areas of focus in full. You are welcome to ask any clinician directly about their qualifications and experience.
Louisiana is a member of the Counseling Compact™, an agreement among states allowing a licensed professional counselor whose home license is in good standing to obtain a privilege to practice in the other member states. That privilege is what permits Ms. Braun-Dunagan to counsel clients located in Louisiana. Membership and the operating rules are published by the compact commission at compactconnect.org, and the compact's own record governs rather than anything we might summarize here.
What the compact does not change is the rule that a counselor's authority is set by your physical location, not by the address on your paperwork. The privilege has to reach the state you are actually in when the hour begins. So if you are in Louisiana at the appointed time, we proceed; if you have traveled to a state outside the compact, we move the appointment rather than meet anyway. Let us know when plans change, and expect a brief question about your whereabouts as each session opens.
Participating jurisdictions are published by the compact commissions and can change. You can review current psychology participation at psypact.gov, find the relevant psychology licensing board through the PSYPACT® board directory, or check counseling privileges at CompactConnect. If you are not sure which applies to you, call (844) 774-7997 and we will confirm before you schedule.
College and graduate students suit video counseling well, since the schedule shifts every semester and many students would rather not be seen walking into an office near campus. Staff and faculty ask for the same discretion. The institutions below are the public universities and independent colleges whose students and employees live within reach of this service.
Sessions reach clients throughout the state, from New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport to Lake Charles, Alexandria and Monroe. These are the places our current Louisiana clients call home, not a limit on where counseling can be provided.
No. Psychological evaluations, assessment and testing are Dr. Lusk's services, and she is not available to Louisiana clients, so this page offers counseling only. If an evaluation is what you need, whether for a school, a diagnostic question or a legal matter, telephone (844) 774-7997 and we will tell you plainly that you should be looking for a qualified evaluator licensed in your own state.
Children, adolescents and adults, along with couples and families, and she runs groups as well. Her particular expertise is with children and youth, including advocacy, resolving trauma and restoring healthy relationships. Adults come for anxiety, mood, stress, support in recovery, postpartum adjustment and relationship difficulty. She also has availability for Medicare and TriCare clients, which some callers ask about early.
You receive a link ahead of the appointment and join from a phone, tablet or computer at the agreed time. The hour looks much like an office visit: you talk, your counselor listens and asks questions, and you leave with something specific to try. What it takes is a private room, headphones if the house is busy, and a charged device. Sessions run over a confidential video connection.
Yes, and video often makes that easier than an office would. A parent can join the first part of a session and then leave the room; two parents in different places can attend the same appointment; a grandparent who does the school run can be included where that is relevant. We agree in advance on who attends which session and on what stays confidential to the young person.
Our rates are sent in a fee agreement when you schedule an appointment. Our office will go over any out-of-network questions with you ahead of the first session, and the staff can answer whatever the site does not address. The number is (844) 774-7997, and email reaches us at info@psychotherapy.com. Settling those details beforehand means the first appointment can be spent on the reason you called rather than on arrangements.
We accept all major credit and debit cards, and we gladly accept HSA, FSA, and HRA cards so you can use pre-tax dollars toward your care. Our practice generally operates out-of-network. This allows us to protect your privacy, keep care highly personalized, and avoid insurance-mandated session limits.
Our rates are sent in a fee agreement when you schedule an appointment. Please check with your insurance company regarding your out-of-network benefits. As a courtesy, we will submit claims on your behalf upon request, and any reimbursement will be sent directly to the insured. Call (844) 774-7997 or email info@psychotherapy.com if you have questions.
Our services are by appointment only, during normal business hours. Evening, weekend, and early morning appointments are sometimes available for established clients.
Call (844) 774-7997 or email info@psychotherapy.com to arrange an intake. Ms. Braun-Dunagan handles intakes herself, so your first conversation is with the counselor you will be working with, and it covers what you hope to change and how often you would like to meet.
We do not offer crisis, walk-in, or inpatient services of any type, and this page is not a substitute for emergency care.
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This page provides general information about telehealth psychotherapy and psychological services. It is not medical or psychological advice, does not create a clinician–client relationship, and does not diagnose or treat any condition. Whether a particular service is appropriate for you is determined with a clinician during a confidential consultation. Telehealth authorization depends on your physical location at the time of each appointment; participating jurisdictions are published at psypact.gov and, for counseling, at CompactConnect. Arizona Behavioral Health Associates, P.C., 710 N Beaver Street, BLDG 4, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-3139 · (844) 774-7997
