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Alana Jones

Compassionate, strengths-based therapy for life transitions

LMFT California

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Alana

Alana Jones is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and addiction while also addressing family concerns, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and LGBTQ issues.

Background and approach

Her practice includes additional work with adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, and post-traumatic stress. Her approach centers on collaboration and amplification of clients' strengths.

She draws from client-centered principles to keep the individual in the lead while integrating evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused and Attachment-Based strategies, and EMDR when appropriate. This flexibility allows her to shape goals and interventions to each person's needs, whether working in individual, family, or dyadic contexts.

Alana emphasizes practical support and allyship in the therapeutic relationship, offering validation, problem-solving, and hope as clients navigate life transitions and complex systems like foster care or other service networks. She aims to tailor sessions and adjust treatment as progress unfolds so clients can move toward clearer coping, improved relationships, and better daily functioning.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options

Alana commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and stress-related symptoms. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore relational patterns and strengthen emotional bonds within families and close partnerships, which can be especially helpful for parenting concerns and family conflict. When trauma is a central issue, EMDR may be incorporated as a targeted approach to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to clarify goals, consider different methods, and adjust the plan over time so that techniques align with the client's needs, preferences, and pace of progress.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, online work provides flexibility for scheduling and consistent access to care from home or other convenient locations. These options allow for focused sessions, ongoing check-ins, and brief coaching or support between longer appointments, making therapy easier to fit into daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Alana address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, family conflict, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, career issues, coping with life changes, coaching, and ADHD, plus adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and post-traumatic stress.
What is Alana's therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, emphasizing the client as the primary decision-maker while bringing forward strengths and practical tools to meet goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Alana has ten years of experience providing individual, family, dyadic, and group care as well as crisis stabilization and intensive home-based supports.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the credential CA LMFT 126476 and practices in California.
Does she offer services in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Alana provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTGriefAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careCaregiver issues and stressPost-traumatic stress

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English