About me
I am licensed in Alaska and Idaho with 4 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with grief and loss, & depression. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. I enjoy working with teens and their families and look forward to assisting you with navigating through whatever it is that you are dealing with at this time. I use a strength based approach where the client's strengths are highlighted and used in manifesting lasting change. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma, Abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem, Motivation
- Depression
Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Parenting issues , Anger management , Coping with life changes , Caregiver issues and stress , Communication problems , Control issues , Emptiness , Family Problems , Forgiveness , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services offered
Messaging
Phone
Video
Licensing
AK LPC 170303
ID LPC LPC-7863
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Alfred (AJ) Knittel. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.
AJ has been very helpful for my 13 year old daughter. He is kind, respectful and knowledgeable about the issues she is facing. I would highly recommend him.
AJ is amazing!
AJ is a very sweet. He is knowledgeable in his field. He helps me to manage stress and other hard things in my life. I always feel better after a session.
AJ was/is a great therapist. He listens and provides so many ways to cope and solve ways to troubles you have. He’s an extremely nice person and is just everything you need in a therapist. Difficult to put into words on how great of a help he is. I would definitely recommend him to anyone who has a choice. Thanks again for everything, AJ!
After almost two years of consistent therapy, I have improved my life and transformed it entirely. AJ has been nothing but amazing. He can relate so many of my problems back to core issues I have experience and consistently references my strengths and weaknesses so I can have a realistic view of where I am. He adjusts his counseling style to what is most comfortable for me, and makes sure I feel comfortable expressing my emotions and reactions. I’ve never had such a fulfilling therapeutic relationship in my life.
AJ is awesome at listening to my child but redirecting them to issues that need to be worked on.
Excellent. Responsive, insightful, provides me with applicable, actionable tools & practices as well as information to find additional resources. Really has been worth every penny I have invested.
First time doing therapy and I’m glad I got matched with aj. He’s very easy to talk to and very helpful
I’m incredibly relieved to have found a therapist who is such a wealth of information and empathy. Since talking with AJ I’ve noticed a real improvement in my everyday life. I’m much better equipped to manage my past trauma, grief and the stressful stage of life I’m in with caregiving demands.
AJ is very knowledgeable and has helped me tremendously with dealing with my anxiety!
Thank you AJ!
Great therapist. He has given me great tools for coping.
AJ is amazing! Very positive, empathetic but still willing to challenge my beliefs. He has helped me greatly to understand some unconscious thoughts and feelings that I’ve been on autopilot with and that has improved my life.
Thanks AJ!
AJ provided excellent care in one of my darkest hours. Listened, provided feedback and coping mechanisms that I hadn't considered. Grateful for him and his care!
AJ is intuitive, gentle, and VERY smart in a variety of areas. He’s so helpful, I would recommend him to anyone
Alfred is the best idk what i would do without his support rite now.
He is good.
I’ve seen quite a few therapists. It’s been a rough life. AJ is by far the most effective and compassionate therapist I have ever worked with. Over this last year, he has helped me through a traumatic life experience and I owe him so much for the ways he listened, gave me things to read, shared techniques, and checked in regularly. He remembers everything I tell him, including names and incidents, and helps me to see those things in ways that contribute to improved mental health and confidence in myself. I highly recommend working with him.
Helps me understand how to deal with my problems and is very understanding and helpful
AJ has helped change my life!
With AJ as my therapist, I feel heard when I share my concerns and in the kindest way, I’m pushed to grow and address my thoughts and feelings. I feel safe to talk about my life and like I will receive the help needed when I ask for it. I appreciate it greatly.
Working with AJ was a great investment, and the experience exceeded my expectations. He helped me gain a range of new skills, tools, and perspectives to manage both myself and my relationship better, and now I don't feel stuck anymore. He is deeply caring, can be funny at times, and always so patient--can't recommend enough!
I love AJ as my therapist because I can relate to him. I especially love that he's licensed in Alaska.
Great listener, superb recommendations through thought provoking questions and gentle encouragement. I’d recommend AJ any day.
I just finished the most helpful session that I’ve had ever. AJ is helping me to clearly identify the skills I need to do to improve my life.
I wish I had found him sooner.
AJ is awesome! I appreciate him in my walk to recovery from burnout.
AJ (Alfred) listens to what I have to say. He responds in a professional manner yet is ready to laugh and banter, and that eases any stress I might feel about being in a session. He is insightful, a problem solver.
AJ was great.
I feel AJ is well versed and easy to talk to. I feel like he identifies with me even tho I am an older woman and he is a relatively young man. I love that we can laugh!
Super great
Alfred is very helpful and knowledgeable with treatment and is very prompt and helpful. He works and provides insight along with being supportive and responsive. All around he is great at what he does with a wide range of skills to help