Alana Jones , LMFT

Alana Jones is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 10 years of clinical experience. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling with a focus on Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy from the University of Phoenix, earned in 2014. Alana has supported people across the lifespan, including young children, adolescents, adults, couples, and whole family systems, and she brings experience from settings such as mental health organizations, non-public schools, social services and foster care, and juvenile justice or probation programs.

Her clinical work has addressed a wide range of concerns, including depression, stress and anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, post-traumatic stress, ADHD, addictions, grief, and self-esteem. She has delivered individual, group, family, and dyadic therapy, and has provided crisis stabilization, intensive care coordination, case management, intensive home-based support services, and individual rehabilitation services. Alana draws on an eclectic toolkit to tailor care to each person or family, integrating client-centered principles with evidence-informed strategies such as cognitive behavioral techniques, trauma-focused methods, narrative approaches, play therapy, and solution-focused interventions.

Alana emphasizes a collaborative, strengths-based stance that highlights each person’s resilience and resources. She aims to build an allied therapeutic relationship that validates experience, helps clarify goals, and supports practical steps toward improved wellbeing and relational functioning.

Approaches for online attachment and cognitive work

Alana integrates client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, validation, and building collaboration so clients can take the lead in shaping goals and the pace of change. This approach is helpful for people seeking support with self-esteem, life transitions, relationship concerns, and developing a stronger sense of agency.

She also draws on attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns of connection, emotion, and trust. This work can support couples, families, and individuals coping with grief, caregiving stress, trauma-related relational issues, and difficulties forming secure bonds.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another key tool in her practice, offering practical strategies to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, stress, and ADHD-related challenges.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Alana works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for scheduling and lets clients access therapy from varied locations and routines. These options help make ongoing care more manageable alongside work, family, and daily responsibilities while preserving the therapeutic relationship with a licensed professional.