Isatu Sidibe, LCSW

Therapist in Alaska

Isatu Sidibe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Alaska with nine years of experience.

Licensed inAlaska
License182520
NPI 1548835606
Experience9+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Isatu

Isatu Sidibe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Alaska with nine years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are facing depression, anxiety, grief, stress, and relationship concerns. Isatu aims to make the first steps toward therapy easier by listening without judgment and respecting each person’s experience.

She draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships. She also uses practical skills from cognitive behavioral approaches to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Background and approach

Sessions often include straightforward techniques to manage emotions and improve communication. Isatu’s style is collaborative and grounded. She treats each person as the expert in their life and highlights strengths that can support change.

Sessions move at a pace that fits the client and focus on workable steps rather than abstract theory. Her background includes work in community mental health, hospitals, schools, and correctional settings. That variety brings experience with trauma, addiction, domestic violence, and people handling major life transitions.

Isatu has experience supporting adults, adolescents, and couples in counseling and has facilitated group work. In sessions people can expect a mix of acceptance and practical skill-building. Isatu uses elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside attachment-focused conversation.

She tailors tools to each person’s goals and daily life.

Credentials

LCSW (Alaska): License 182520 · expires June 2026
NPI: 1548835606 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Isatu lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Family conflicts
Grief
Anger management
Self esteem
Depression
Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Cancer
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love

Approaches Isatu names

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Online support

How attachment and skills-based therapies work online

Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current trust and connection. Online sessions can use reflective conversation to notice those patterns and try different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises and short homework tasks that fit into daily life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that align with personal values, which can help with stress, depression, and anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals and try methods that match those goals and preferences. That might mean blending attachment-focused discussion with CBT drills or using ACT ideas to support values-driven change. Decisions are made together and adjusted as progress is reviewed.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for quicker check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter or more frequent check-ins, and let people choose what feels most manageable for them.

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Frequently asked

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She helps people who face depression, anxiety, grief, stress, anger, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and coping with major life changes.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is collaborative and respectful, combining attachment-based conversation with practical skills from CBT, ACT, and DBT to address thoughts, emotions, and behavior.

How much experience does she have?

She has nine years of clinical experience working across community mental health, hospitals, schools, and correctional settings.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - practicing in Alaska.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for sessions?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to meet different scheduling and communication preferences.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work together?

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