About Alana
Alana Jones is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting struggles, addictions, anger, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports clients dealing with ADHD, career transitions, LGBT issues, and major life changes. Her approach is straightforward and focused on practical steps clients can use right away.
Alana uses a client-centered stance that keeps the person in charge of goals and decisions.
How Alana works
She looks for strengths in each person and in their relationships, and she names those strengths so clients can build on them. She combines several evidence-informed approaches to fit each person’s needs instead of relying on a single method. In session she listens, validates, and helps clients decide on small experiments and changes to try between meetings.
She has experience working with people affected by adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and post-traumatic stress. Her background includes individual, group, and dyadic work in community settings and systems-based environments. Alana draws on methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-focused ideas, emotionally-focused work, and EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate.
She frames therapy as collaborative and adjusts the plan as progress is made. The goal is clearer coping skills, better relationships, and more confidence in daily life. Clients can expect a direct but warm style aimed at practical improvement.
Alana describes the work as building an allyship where the client stays in the driver’s seat while getting support and guidance.
Alana lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Alana works with
The areas below are the ones Alana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches for online healing and trauma work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In online sessions this can mean talking through relationship patterns and trying new ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and gives clear skills to manage anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits. EMDR, when used, helps process traumatic memories by combining focused recall with guided bilateral stimulation and can reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so the approach evolves with the client.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction from different locations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick support, journaling between sessions, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent momentum.
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