About Alena
Alena Kaldunski welcomes people who are ready to work on stress, anxiety, depression, or relationship and parenting challenges. She frames therapy as a team effort where the client is the expert on their own life. Her style is straightforward and supportive, with an emphasis on using a person’s strengths to meet goals.
Alena is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California. She has six years of experience in counseling and mental health therapy.
How Alena works
She holds a master’s degree in Counseling and uses conversational, practical work in sessions. Her approach blends education with reframing. She helps people notice patterns in thinking and behavior and then tries small, workable changes.
Conversations are meant to be nonjudgmental and focused on real problems like grief, burnout, or managing mood swings. Common topics she addresses include anxiety, ADHD challenges, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. She also helps with self-esteem, career stress, anger, and bipolar support.
Alena pays attention to how relationships and family roles affect daily life and decision making. Sessions aim to feel direct and useful rather than academic. People can expect clear feedback and practical tools to try between sessions.
The goal is steady progress toward better coping and clearer choices.
What Alena works with
The areas below are the ones Alena selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches to change and how online therapy helps
Alena uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that blend practical learning and cognitive reframing. Educational work means clients learn how thoughts and behaviors connect, then practice new responses to reduce anxiety or stress. Reframing involves looking at a problem a bit differently to find options that were missed before; this can help with relationship patterns, low self-esteem, or grief.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist helps clients identify what feels most useful based on their goals and daily routines. Together they try methods, review what helps, and adjust the plan to fit the client’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and messaging let someone send notes or check in between sessions without needing to book a full appointment. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a busy life.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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