Alana Jones

Alana Jones is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California with ten years of clinical experience. She earned a Master of Science in Counseling with a focus on Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy from the University of Phoenix in 2014 and has worked across a broad range of age groups and relational systems.

Her work has included support for early childhood, adolescents, teenagers, adults, couples, and whole families. Alana has experience with clients who have been involved with multiple systems, including mental health agencies, non-public school settings, social services and foster care, and juvenile justice or probation.

She addresses a wide variety of concerns such as depression, stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, PTSD, and ADHD, and lists specialties that include addictions, grief, anger management, self-esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and LGBT-related issues.

Alana has provided individual, group, family, and dyadic therapy, along with crisis stabilization, intensive care coordination, case management, intensive home-based support services, and individual rehabilitation services. Her practice emphasizes a client-centered approach that places the person in control of their own goals and decisions.

She brings a strengths-focused perspective to therapy, highlighting positive resources within individuals and their relationships while fostering hope. Alana values building a trusting alliance and aims to be a supportive collaborator who listens, validates, and helps clients pursue a better quality of life.

Therapeutically she uses an eclectic mix of methods tailored to each client, drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, play therapy, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-focused therapy. Treatment is interactive and collaborative, with plans and goals adjusted as progress is made. She looks forward to working with clients who are ready to take steps toward change.