Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
How Alana works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Alana
Alana Woods is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and family difficulties, and losses. Her approach aims to feel down-to-earth and approachable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
She centers sessions on each person’s needs and strengths. Alana works in a collaborative way, listening first and then offering practical tools people can use between appointments.
Background and approach
She helps clients notice existing strengths and build new skills for managing emotions and everyday challenges. Alana draws on a mix of talking approaches and hands-on skills. She uses strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
She also pays attention to attachment and relationships to improve how people connect with others. Her background includes five years of clinical practice in Florida. That experience has included work with trauma, substance-related concerns, and support for people trying to improve self-esteem and coping.
Sessions are offered in English and by multiple online formats to fit different schedules. Alana aims to make therapy a practical part of life. She helps set clear goals and tracks progress in ways that feel relevant to daily routines.
The tone in sessions is supportive and straightforward, with space for difficult feelings and small moments of relief.
What Alana works with
Everything Alana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Alana's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alana lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online work and emotion regulation
Alana commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based approaches in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small experiments to change behaviors and moods, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and stress. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in relationships and how early connections shape current responses, which is useful for relationship struggles, attachment issues, and some trauma-related concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting plans together over time.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to get brief support between appointments or to share thoughts without being on camera. These options aim to provide flexibility and practical ways to keep therapy consistent alongside work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Alana
What concerns does Alana help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting strain, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The work is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on listening, setting clear goals, and teaching practical skills to manage emotions and behavior.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of clinical experience, including work in areas such as trauma, substance-related problems, attachment, and improving self-esteem and coping.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida and holds the credential FL LCSW.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.