geometry-shapes iconDomestic Abuse, Coping Skills, Infidelity, Addiction, Life Transition, Anxiety, Depression, Codependency, Emotional Disturbance, Marital & Premarital
In Person & Online in Flowood, MS
20 years in practice
Ages served: 6-64
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Accepted insurance & self-pay

Aleicha accepts 23 insurers
Aetna
Aetna Medicare Advantage
Cigna | Evernorth
Cigna | Evernorth - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Firefly Health Plan | Cigna PPO Network
Adventist Health Associates | Employee Health Plan
Adventist Health Associates | Non-Employee Health Plan
Carelon
Compsych
First Health Network
HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage
JP Farley Corporation
Multi Plan PHCS
Municipal Health Benefit Program
Optum Serve
Oscar Health
Quest Behavioral Health
Tricare East | Out of Network Provider
UMR
United Healthcare | Optum
United Healthcare | Optum - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
United Healthcare | Optum Medicare Advantage
Uprise EAP
SELF-PAY COSTS
Out-of-pocket session costs for clients who don’t have insurance or aren’t covered by their insurance for mental health services.
$200
first session
$170
subsequent sessions
About Provider

About Aleicha

Aleicha Carter is a Licensed Professional Counselor and ordained minister with 20 years of experience in mental health care and trauma recovery. Aleicha specializes in premarital and marriage counseling, trauma, and sexual dysfunction. Her ideal client is a faith-driven woman or couple seeking deeper healing, emotional restoration, and intimacy with self, others, and God through a safe and compassionate therapeutic space.


Aleicha Carter earned her Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling from Jackson State University. She uses a faith-based, client-centered approach and integrates lived experience with clinical skill to support those navigating trauma, relationship challenges, and emotional pain, creating space for honest healing and restoration.


Aleicha invites clients who feel unseen or weighed down by trauma to take a step toward healing. She offers a judgment-free space where faith and emotional wellness coexist. Clients are empowered to release shame, strengthen their voice, and build healthier relationships. You don’t have to carry it all alone—healing is possible.

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"As a Christian therapist and survivor of childhood trauma, abandonment, sexual addiction, and infertility, I provide a compassionate space where faith and healing meet for those ready to break free and begin again."

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Get to know Aleicha

Why did you decide to become a counselor or psychiatric provider?


Aleicha Carter became a counselor to be the help she once needed. As a survivor of childhood trauma, abandonment, and emotional pain, she experienced firsthand the healing power of safe, compassionate support. Her calling is to walk with others through their brokenness, integrating faith, clinical care, and lived experience to help them heal and thrive.

What types of clients do you work with best?


Aleicha Carter works best with women and couples who are navigating trauma, grief, relationship challenges, sexual dysfunction, or faith-based identity struggles. She especially connects with clients who value a compassionate, spiritually grounded approach and are ready to do the deep inner work needed to heal, grow, and experience lasting transformation.

What type of clients are you most excited to work with?


Aleicha Carter is excited to work with women and couples who are navigating trauma, grief, relationship challenges, sexual dysfunction, or faith-based identity struggles. She especially connects with clients who value a compassionate, spiritually grounded approach and are ready to do the deep inner work needed to heal, grow, and experience lasting transformation.

What's one thing you wish all clients knew?


Aleicha Carter wishes all clients knew that healing is possible—no matter how deep the pain or how long they've carried it. They are not broken beyond repair, and they don’t have to walk through it alone. With the proper support, faith, and willingness to grow, freedom and emotional wholeness are within reach.

Why did you choose to practice at Thriveworks?


Aleicha Carter chose to practice at Thriveworks because it aligns with her mission to provide accessible, high-quality, and compassionate mental health care. Thriveworks offers a supportive environment where faith-based counseling, clinical excellence, and holistic healing can come together to serve individuals and couples seeking real, lasting change.

What inspires you?


Aleicha Carter is inspired by witnessing transformation when clients begin to believe they are worthy of healing, reclaim their voice, and walk in emotional and spiritual freedom. She’s motivated by her journey from brokenness to wholeness and finds purpose in helping others discover that pain doesn’t have to be the end of their story.

What can clients expect in their first session with you?


In their first session with Aleicha Carter, clients can expect a warm, nonjudgmental environment where they are invited to share at their own pace. She will ask thoughtful questions to understand their history, current challenges, and goals for counseling. Clients can also expect to begin forming a collaborative plan for healing rooted in compassion, clarity, and faith.

What do you want to accomplish with an individual in their first session?


In the first session, Aleicha Carter aims to create a safe and welcoming space where clients feel seen, heard, and respected. Her goal is to begin building trust, understand the client’s story, identify their immediate concerns, and collaboratively set goals for healing. She wants each client to leave that first session with hope and a sense that they are not alone.

What should clients know about you before scheduling a first session?


Clients should know that Aleicha Carter brings both professional expertise and personal experience to the counseling room. She offers a judgment-free, faith-affirming space where clients can be honest, vulnerable, and heard. Her approach is compassionate, direct, and deeply rooted in the belief that healing is possible for everyone willing to do the work.

What do you do for fun/on your time off?


On her time off, Aleicha Carter enjoys spending quality time with her family and watching television. She also loves traveling, worship music, and quiet moments that help her recharge spiritually and emotionally.

What's one thing about you that defines you (non-professional)?


One thing that defines Aleicha Carter outside of her professional life is her deep resilience. Shaped by her journey through pain, healing, and faith, she embodies perseverance and compassion. Her ability to turn personal adversity into purpose drives everything she does, at home, in ministry, and in the way she loves and uplifts others.

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Other areas of focus

SpecialitiesDomestic Abuse, Coping Skills, Infidelity, Addiction, Life Transition, Anxiety, Depression, Codependency, Emotional Disturbance, Marital & Premarital, Stress / Mental Stress / Work Stress, Anger Management, Career Counseling, Family Conflict, Self Esteem, Sex Therapy, Women’s Issues, Sexual Abuse, Relationships, Trauma / PTSD, Domestic Violence, Divorce
ApproachesChristian Counseling, Gestalt, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative, Play Therapy, Attachment-Based, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Family Systems, Any / Eclectic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Therapy (MBCT), Person-Centered Therapy, Psychobiological Approach Couple Therapy (PACT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Structural Family Therapy (SFT), Art Therapy, Faith-Based Counseling, Integrative, Music Therapy
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Education and training

Years in practice
20 years
Graduating institute
Jackson State University
Graduating degree
Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling
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Additional details

Languages spoken by this provider
English
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NPI number1588939078
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State of practiceMS
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