Alana Borden

Alana Borden, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-esteem struggles. She focuses on women’s issues among other concerns and aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through hard moments. Her tone is warm and direct, and she works collaboratively to set clear goals that match each person’s needs.

Alana draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in practical ways. She helps clients spot unhelpful patterns, learn coping skills, and practice new ways of responding to stress. Sessions often include skill-building, problem-solving, and gentle reflection to address mood and anxiety symptoms.

Her work also pays attention to life events like adoption and foster care, attachment struggles, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and grief around family problems. Alana addresses issues such as guilt, shame, impulsivity, and isolation with focused strategies that aim to reduce distress and increase self-compassion.

With four years of clinical experience, she brings a steady, hands-on approach to therapy. She explains ideas plainly, checks in often about progress, and adjusts plans when something isn’t working. Sessions are meant to fit real life and produce skills clients can use between meetings.

Alana practices in Missouri and speaks English. To begin, visitors can complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment based on the therapist’s availability.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy

Alana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. It often involves homework-style practice between sessions to build new habits.

Trauma-focused methods concentrate on reducing the impact of past traumatic events by teaching grounding and emotion regulation skills. These approaches aim to decrease symptoms related to post-traumatic stress and help people feel more in control of their reactions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration includes checking progress and adapting tools if something isn’t helping.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. It can reduce travel time and help people meet with a licensed professional from a different location. Because the original biography does not specify which session formats are offered, confirm current options before booking so you know whether video, phone, or in-person sessions are available. Online work is often well suited to skill-building, regular check-ins, and brief coaching between longer in-person visits.