Where Psychotherapy and Integrative Health Care Support What Comes Next

Alayna Serpa, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and certified integrative health coach who supports individuals and couples in healing the whole self — mind, body, and lifestyle. With a deep belief that what comes next matters, Alayna founded Apres Psychotherapy and Coaching to offer clients a unique path forward — one that blends traditional talk therapy with personalized guidance in nutrition, movement, and overall well-being.

 

Alayna holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Boston College with a concentration in children, youth, and families, and a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Science from the University of New Hampshire. She is also a certified Integrative Health and Nutrition Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, a certification that expands her ability to support clients not only emotionally, but holistically — considering how sleep, stress, food, movement, and mindset interact in meaningful ways.

 

Her background includes experience across clinical and community-based settings, including Boston Children’s Hospital, the Department of Children and Families, school adjustment counseling, private practice, and specialized contract assessment work completing child permanency assessments and adoption home studies for prospective adoptive families. These experiences have deepened her commitment to strengths-based, relational, and trauma-informed care.

 

Alayna draws from a range of evidence-based modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She weaves these therapeutic approaches together with lifestyle coaching to help clients navigate anxiety, burnout, life transitions, and identity challenges with greater alignment and purpose.

 

Her practice is grounded in the belief that true healing happens when the mind and body are supported together. Whether you’re coming in for therapy, integrative health coaching, or a combination of both, Alayna meets you with warmth, curiosity, and a belief in your capacity to grow — not just during the hard moments, but especially in what comes after.