About Alana
Alana Sully is an ACA counsellor with six years' experience supporting people through stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing addictions, grief, major life changes and depression. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, and she aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable.
Sessions with Alana focus on what matters to the client right now. She listens first, and then helps people build simple tools to cope.
Background and approach
This can include finding ways to reduce overwhelm, managing strong emotions, or planning next steps after a big loss. Alana uses a mix of proven talking therapies and skills-based work. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills are also used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Her style is warm and practical. She aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly about difficult topics like caregiver stress, first responder issues, or living with ADHD.
Sessions are tailored to each person's goals and life situation. Alana also has experience supporting people affected by disasters, hospice and end-of-life needs, and those coping with chronic illness such as cancer. She is based in Australia and conducts work in English.
If someone wants a steady, non-judgemental guide for making change, she can help them take the next steps.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you notice what matters and take actions that match your values. It uses mindfulness and practical steps to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful living. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression and stress by teaching clear skills to change thinking and behaviour.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through your goals and preferences and try methods that fit your needs. Over a few sessions you can see what feels most helpful and adapt the plan together.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different lifestyles. Video calls let you work face-to-face from wherever you are, while phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or helpful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging give a flexible option for shorter conversations or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments, while keeping a consistent pathway for progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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