Allie Vierra, LMFT

Allie Vierra earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara, following a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Criminal Justice from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. She began her clinical work at a local non-profit family services agency and over time expanded her practice to serve populations with complex needs.

For the past four years she has served as the lead therapist for a wraparound justice-involved program through San Luis Obispo County, providing assistance to people experiencing chronic homelessness, severe mental illness, and substance use disorders. She has more than seven years of experience working with individuals facing addiction, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and trauma. Allie also has extensive experience supporting preteens, teens, and their families, including youth involved in the child welfare system and teens and adults connected to the criminal justice system. She has completed training in suicide awareness, prevention, and management.

Allie is credentialed as an LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and uses a collaborative approach to identify the best path toward each person’s goals. Her interventions emphasize present-moment awareness and include exercises that integrate mind and body, encouraging clients to stay with feelings rather than avoid them. This work aims to shift limiting perceptions and open new perspectives so clients can recognize internal strengths and develop practical coping strategies.

In sessions she strives to model genuineness and invites clients to do the same, with the goal of empowering people to become experts in their own experience. The therapeutic process includes moments of laughter and ease alongside periods of difficulty, and Allie supports clients in approaching challenging feelings with curiosity and courage so they can learn new ways to navigate life’s obstacles.