About Alana
Alana Thompson is an experienced counsellor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and career uncertainty. She also supports people managing ADHD and complex life events. Her manner is warm and practical, so sessions focus on what helps day to day and what can be changed step by step.
Alana uses clear, evidence-based techniques together with attention to emotions. She works collaboratively with each person to set realistic goals and build skills that reduce distress and increase functioning.
Background and approach
Sessions include talking things through, planning manageable changes and learning coping strategies that fit real life. Her background includes frontline child protection and family services work, where she helped young people and families facing trauma and complex challenges. She later worked in the university sector providing counselling, welfare support and training for students.
That mix of practice and teaching shapes a practical, down-to-earth approach. Alana holds a Bachelor of Psychology, a Master of Social Work and a PhD in Social Work and Law. She is an Accredited Social Worker and member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
She has also completed Mental Health First Aid training. With 18 years of clinical experience, Alana focuses on helping people build resilience and meaningful goals. People who choose her can expect a supportive, non-judgemental space and a focus on skills that make a real difference in daily life.
Approaches that guide online counselling
Alana draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine thinking skills and attention to emotions. A cognitive-style approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and developing practical strategies to change them; this helps with anxiety, stress and low mood by teaching clearer ways to respond to worrying thoughts. An emotion-focused element helps people understand their feelings, process grief and reduce overwhelm by naming emotions and finding manageable ways to express them.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the person's situation and adjust the plan if something does not feel helpful.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video calls work well for longer, more interactive sessions. Phone sessions can be handy when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and messaging suit shorter updates or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and to keep therapy consistent around work and family commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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