Welcome!

New Spring Counseling, PLLC is a private practice located in Raleigh, NC.  Dr. Alexandra Calix-Hughes provides therapeutic services in English and Spanish to individuals, couples, and families in the Triangle area.

North Ridge Office Center 

Why Therapy? 

People seek therapy for a variety of reasons. People are oftentimes dealing with stressors that can feel overwhelming and can negatively impact other aspects of their lives from relationships, work, school, and even their medical and physical well-being. Dr.Calix-Hughes provides a safe and nurturing environment where clients can be heard and empowered to explore, discover, understand, resolve, and transform their lives.

 Meet Dr. Calix-Hughes

Dr. Calix-Hughes is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Calix-Hughes attended Louisiana State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2002), and Masters of Social Work degree (2004). She then went on to earn her PhD in Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2009). She has her clinical license to practice in North Carolina (Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW).

Dr. Calix-Hughes has worked with children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples in a variety of settings all presenting with a wide array of therapeutic needs (refer to services section for more information on the therapeutic areas that Dr. Calix-Hughes has experience treating). She has worked in outpatient settings specializing in intensive in-home services, family preservation services, crisis work with high acuity patients in need of stabilization, and outpatient work with the entire lifespan from children to older adults. She also has experience in a residential and partial hospitalization setting specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and co-morbid disorders.

Dr. Calix-Hughes is fluent in Spanish which has allowed her to provide therapeutic services to the growing Latinx community in North Carolina. Her treatment methods are selected based on the client's presenting issues/needs, assessment data, and evidence-based practices. She utilizes a strength-based approach, commonly using cognitive and behavioral therapeutic modalities (i.e., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution-focused Therapy, Mindfulness based therapy, among others), skills training, and education in her work with clients.

In addition to clinical experience, Dr. Calix-Hughes also has experience as a researcher. Her graduate and doctoral research focused on the psychometric reliability and validity of clinical tools measuring social support; educational outcomes for abused and neglected youth in out-of-home care; child welfare; and policy/program evaluation. As part of her studies, she gained experience teaching at the graduate level, presenting at conferences, and publishing.