Alana Borden

Alana Borden is a Missouri-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with four years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression, and she also addresses life purpose and related struggles. She speaks English and practices in Missouri. Alana uses a collaborative, practical style in sessions. She helps people name what feels stuck, notice patterns that keep them overwhelmed, and try small changes to see what works. Conversations are grounded and direct, focusing on skills for managing strong feelings and improving day-to-day functioning. Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She incorporates strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches to identify unhelpful thinking and build coping skills. Trauma-focused ideas are used when past events are affecting present life, with attention to pacing and safety. She also brings in skills from dialectical behavioral methods for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, plus motivational interviewing to clarify values and next steps when people feel unsure. Narrative techniques can help people reframe painful stories and find different ways to tell them. Practical concerns like caregiver stress, communication problems, attachment questions, adoption and foster care issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, and isolation are part of her work. Sessions aim to leave people with concrete tools - short exercises, communication strategies, or small behavioral experiments - to try between meetings. To begin, readers use the site matching process to schedule a first session and select ongoing support. The practice uses a cancellable subscription model for session payment; fees vary by location.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online work

Alana uses proven, practical techniques in sessions. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and building skills to change behaviors and mood, which can be practiced between meetings. Trauma-focused strategies help people process difficult memories carefully and develop grounding and coping tools for daily life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss your goals, try approaches that fit your needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaboration helps clarify which techniques feel most useful for your situation.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the exact online options before booking. Many people find that remote sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Online meetings can also let someone continue care during life transitions without needing to change therapists, while still focusing on the same evidence-based tools you would use in person.