About Alanna
Alanna Kardon-Alkalay is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New York. She brings 15 years of experience working in agencies, schools, and independent practice. Her work focuses on helping people cope with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, ADHD, trauma, and a range of other life stresses.
She trained for clinical practice at Fordham University in Tarrytown, New York, where she gained experience in individual counseling and family systems.
How Alanna works
Early work included preventive services with children and roles in adult mental health day programs and the public school system. Those settings shaped her practical, grounded approach to care. In sessions she often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also draws on client-centered, narrative, mindfulness, and psychodynamic ideas when they fit a person’s needs. Treatment plans are made together and adjusted as life changes occur. Alanna emphasizes trust, dignity, and professional ethics in her work.
She aims to make the therapy space respectful and steady so people feel able to talk honestly. Mindfulness practices may be suggested when they help someone focus on the present. Her clinical focus includes many concerns such as grief, addictions, eating difficulties, anger, bipolar disorder, career transitions, and caregiver stress.
She supports people in identifying strengths and using those strengths to meet their goals.
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What Alanna works with
The areas below are the ones Alanna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches and how online therapy can work for you
Client-centered therapy is about listening closely and making the work fit the person's needs. It focuses on the person’s experience and supports self-directed change, which can help with relationship concerns, parenting stress, and feelings of emptiness. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, making it useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related struggles, and anger. Mindfulness therapy teaches attention to the present moment through short practices like breathing or simple awareness exercises, which can reduce overwhelm and improve coping with stress and grief.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and life situation. Plans are adjusted over time as challenges and priorities change, and the client helps set the pace and focus.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session or visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on progress and practical steps.
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