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- Trauma informed care
- Cognitive behavioural techniques
- First responder context
About Alana
AASW social worker Alana Russell has seven years' experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, career concerns, depression and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues such as attachment, control, guilt and shame, and workplace challenges. Sessions are conducted in English and her practice is based in Australia.
Alana draws on trauma-informed care, strengths-based work, solution-focused strategies and cognitive behavioural techniques. She describes these as evidence-based methods that help people manage symptoms and change unhelpful patterns. Her approach is practical and action-oriented while attending to the effects of traumatic events.
She has professional and personal experience with first responder and veteran contexts and understands the pressures those roles can bring. That background informs how she frames conversations and what strategies she suggests. She emphasises clients' own knowledge about their lives when planning work together.
Alana's training has included a wide range of mental health topics, including psychological injury, motherhood and parenting, addiction, and couples counselling. She reports experience working with people across the lifespan and with varied life circumstances. Her AASW credential is listed as AASW.
When meeting someone for the first time she aims to identify clear goals and practical steps. Sessions typically involve talking through problems, learning cognitive and behavioural techniques, and trying new ways of coping between meetings. The subscription payment model applies and can be cancelled at any time.
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How her evidence-based approaches work for remote care
Alana highlights cognitive behavioural techniques as a core part of her work. These involve identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and practising new skills to reduce anxiety, panic and depressive symptoms. They are practical and often include exercises to try between sessions.She also describes trauma-informed care, which focuses on understanding how past events affect current reactions and relationships. This approach aims to reduce reactivity and build coping strategies suited to people who have experienced trauma.
Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will review a client's background, goals and preferences and suggest a mix of methods that match those needs. That allows the work to change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Session formats are not specified in the source biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family responsibilities, reduce travel time and allow follow-up or shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people use methods such as homework exercises and behavioural experiments between meetings.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, career issues, depression and compassion fatigue. Additional areas include attachment, control, guilt and shame, postpartum and workplace problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses trauma-informed care, strengths-based and solution-focused work alongside cognitive behavioural techniques. The approach is practical and aimed at changing unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience working across a range of mental health concerns and contexts.
What credentials and region are listed?
The credential listed is AASW and her practice is based in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.