About Alana
Alana Jones is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports people coping with depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, addiction concerns, and self-esteem struggles. She also works with issues related to ADHD, career changes, and the challenges of adoption and foster care.
Her approach centers on the person and their relationships. She listens first, then offers practical steps that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify strengths and to build small, doable changes. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Alana draws on several well-known methods, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy.
She may use Emotionally-Focused techniques and EMDR when addressing trauma and post-traumatic stress. Her work blends these methods to match what a person needs in the moment. She brings ten years of experience working across different settings.
That background includes individual and group work, crisis stabilization, and coordination with other care systems. Those experiences shape a flexible, practical style in sessions. In conversation she aims to be an ally who listens, validates, and helps people make decisions that improve daily life.
She will collaborate on goals and adjust the plan as progress is made. The focus is on building realistic skills and restoring a sense of control.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and emotional bonds. It helps people understand how past and current relationships shape feelings and reactions, which can be useful for anxiety, family stress, and parenting concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replace them with more workable behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes because it gives clear skills to practice between sessions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be used to address traumatic memories and post-traumatic stress. In sessions a therapist guides recall of memories while using structured processing techniques aimed at reducing their intensity.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try approaches and adjust the plan based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow for visual connection and fuller conversation, while phone sessions can work well when bandwidth or camera time is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care across different days and locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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