About Alana
Alana Kaplan offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief and big life changes. She focuses on helping clients build confidence, manage panic and find clearer purpose. Her approach aims to make therapy manageable and relevant to everyday life.
Alana has 16 years of experience working with issues such as parenting concerns, self‑esteem, body image and caregiver stress. She also assists people dealing with separation, communication breakdowns, shame and isolation.
How Alana works
Her work includes mood disorders, panic attacks and aspects of post‑traumatic stress. She adapts sessions to each person’s needs rather than using the same plan for everyone. Conversations are respectful and compassionate, with practical steps you can try between sessions.
That might include experimenting with new ways of thinking or practicing small behaviour changes at home. Alana draws on acceptance and commitment methods, attachment‑based ideas and cognitive behavioural tools among other approaches. She helps people notice what matters most to them and make gradual changes toward those values.
Sessions are intended to feel collaborative and focused on real outcomes. Clients meet with an AASW social worker based in Australia. Sessions are available in English using video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire then book a session according to the listed schedule.
Alana lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic 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
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How Alana’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to clarify what matters to them and to take small steps based on those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and finding direction when life feels confusing.Attachment‑Based Therapy focuses on understanding relationship patterns and how early connections affect current feelings. This approach can help with communication problems, intimacy concerns and attachment issues.
Client‑Centered Therapy places the person’s own goals and experience at the centre of sessions. The therapist listens closely and reflects what matters to the client, supporting self‑directed change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alana will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. That choice is made together and can shift as needs change.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for face‑to‑face conversation, phone can be handy when bandwidth is low, and messaging suits shorter check‑ins or notes between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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