Alejandra “Ali” Covarrubias-Parra earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work in 2014. She earned her Licensed Clinical Social Work license in 2020 and is a board-certified supervisor in New Mexico. Ali is the Director of Alegría Family Counseling and a Mental Health Clinician. For over twelve year she has worked with all age and she specializes in working with children ages birth to 18 years old.  Ali began her career with Aprendamos Family of Services as a Development Therapist and Social Worker. She has worked with Children, Youth, and Families Department, treatment foster care, public school districts, and Building Bridges Counseling Services to provide Play Therapy Counseling for children.

Ali is certified to provide training to parents through the Circle of Security Parenting Program. She has received training in Synergetic Play Therapy and is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Threapy (EMDR). Ali offers individual and family therapy for a variety of areas of concern such as but not limited to: complex trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, behavioral management,  parenting support, suicide ideation, and caregiver-child attachment issues. In her free time, Ali can be found exploring the outdoors with her daughter, weight lifting, or spending quality time with her family.