About Alana
Alana Borden is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, family challenges, and self-esteem struggles. She approaches therapy as a shared process where clients are listened to and treated without judgment. Alana focuses on practical ways to cope and build on personal strengths so people can feel more capable in daily life.
Her style is warm and down-to-earth. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and paced to match what feels manageable.
How Alana works
Alana uses straightforward tools to identify unhelpful patterns, practice new skills, and set small goals that add up over time. She draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address traumatic stress, mood problems, and relationship difficulties. Alana pays attention to attachment, caregiver stress, and issues that come up in adoption or foster care situations.
She also supports people working through divorce, separation, communication problems, guilt, shame, and isolation. With four years of clinical experience and an LCSW credential, Alana practices in Missouri and works in English. She encourages people to bring real-life concerns into sessions so they leave with usable ideas and clearer next steps.
Therapy with Alana emphasizes collaboration, practical skill building, and steady progress. She aims to make sessions feel like a place to be honest, try new approaches, and rebuild confidence.
What Alana works with
The areas below are the ones Alana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches guide online therapy
Alana uses several evidence-based techniques to address common problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; it is often used for anxiety, low mood, and stress. Trauma-focused approaches help process painful experiences and reduce their hold on daily life by working on safety, coping skills, and gradual integration of memories.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as therapy progresses. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to emphasize so work fits each person’s needs.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and let people meet from wherever they are without extra travel. Licensed professionals can also guide practical exercises to use between appointments so progress continues outside the session.
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