Alanna Kardon-Alkalay , LCSW

Alanna Kardon-Alkalay is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in New York who brings a breadth of experience from agency, school, and private practice settings. She has worked across preventive services for children and families, supported students under a contract with a New York public school system, and provided counseling in an adult mental health day program. Much of her private work has focused on adults seeking support for depression, anxiety, ADHD, eating disorders, relationship concerns, and parenting challenges. She has also supported people who have experienced post-traumatic stress, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect.

Alanna earned her master’s degree at Fordham University in Tarrytown, NY, where she received clinical training in individual counseling and family systems. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify patterns and develop practical strategies, and she integrates humanistic and narrative perspectives to help people make meaning of their experiences. Alanna emphasizes individualized treatment planning, collaborating with each person to tailor goals and interventions and adjusting plans as needs evolve.

Trust and professional ethics guide her work, and she aims to create a respectful space where clients can explore growth. Mindfulness practices are incorporated when helpful, whether through meditation, time in nature, or other present-moment strategies that fit a client’s life. Alanna builds on clients’ existing strengths to support the personal growth they seek.

Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Support

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and learn practical skills to address symptoms like anxiety, depression, and difficulties with focus. It is a structured, goal-oriented approach that often includes exercises between sessions.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client’s own perspective and strengths. In this approach, the therapist listens deeply, reflects the client’s experience, and supports self-directed exploration of relationship, parenting, and life transition concerns.

Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to present-moment experience through simple awareness practices. It can help reduce reactivity, improve emotional regulation, and support coping with stress, grief, and chronic challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Alanna will work collaboratively with each person and with licensed professionals where appropriate to determine which methods fit a client’s needs, goals, and preferences, and she will adapt the plan as the work evolves.

Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to receive consistent care while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities. These options increase accessibility and scheduling flexibility, allowing people to engage in focused therapeutic work from locations that suit their daily lives.