Alanna Kardon-Alkalay, LCSW
Compassionate LCSW helping people navigate life challenges
Book with AlannaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- ADHD
How Alanna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Alanna
Alanna Kardon-Alkalay is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New York. She brings 15 years of experience from agencies, schools, and independent practice. Her work focuses on everyday problems like anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and anger.
She meets people where they are and helps them sort through what feels overwhelming. Alanna trained at Fordham University in Tarrytown, New York, where she developed skills in individual counseling and family systems.
Background and approach
Early work included preventive services for children and roles in adult mental health day programs and public schools. That variety shaped her ability to adapt to different life situations and concerns. Her sessions often use cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings connect.
She also draws on client-centered and narrative ideas to help people tell their story and make sense of it. Mindfulness practices such as brief meditations or grounding exercises are used when they fit a person’s needs. Alanna creates straightforward, individual plans with each person she sees.
Plans change as life changes, and goals are set together. She places strong emphasis on trust and ethical practice as the foundation for any work they choose to do. People come to her for many concerns, including stress, addictions, trauma, grief, ADHD, eating issues, relationship and family difficulties, and questions about life purpose.
Her approach aims to use the client’s strengths to make practical changes and improve daily functioning.
What Alanna works with
Everything Alanna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Alanna's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alanna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-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 online and how they help
Alanna commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on practical tools to change thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, anger, and related problems. Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding your experience and working at your pace, which helps when people need space to tell their story and find their own answers.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people stay grounded in the moment and reduce reactivity. These can be short breathing practices or simple grounding exercises that fit into a busy day. Choosing an approach is a team effort - she will discuss options with each person and adjust methods as goals and needs evolve.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with varied schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, quick coping tools, or when someone prefers written reflection. Together these formats make it easier to fit therapy into real life and keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Alanna
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, trauma, grief, parenting and relationship problems.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, often using cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered and narrative approaches to help people change unhelpful patterns.
What background informs her practice?
She has 15 years of experience in agencies, schools, and independent practice, with work spanning preventive services, adult day programs, and public school contracts.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York and practices out of New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the person best.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.