Alana is a trauma-trained therapist with over seventeen years of experience supporting children, adults, couples, and families through life’s most challenging transitions. Known for her warmth, authenticity, and grounded approach, Alana helps clients understand the impact of trauma, reconnect with their strengths, and build meaningful, resilient lives.

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She holds undergraduate degrees in both Sociology and Social Work from the University of North Dakota, which shaped her ability to see individuals within their broader social and cultural systems. This systems perspective continues to inform her work today, allowing her to approach healing through a lens that considers not just personal history, but also community, relationships, identity, and environment.

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Throughout her career, Alana has worked in a range of settings including schools, in-home services, mental health case management, and child welfare, giving her a deep and varied understanding of human development, family systems, and trauma recovery. She earned her Master of Social Work from the University of North Dakota and has since provided therapy to individuals, couples, and families.

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Alana brings a trauma-informed, whole-person approach to therapy. She understands how early experiences shape the nervous system, relationships, and beliefs about self and she works collaboratively with clients to restore safety, connection, and empowerment. Guided by core values such as authenticity, respect, self-determination, and integrity, she creates a space where healing and growth can unfold at each client’s own pace.

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She is trained in EMDR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and is a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP), having completed the three-year professional training in this body-based trauma resolution model. Alana also draws from Eco-Systemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to meet clients where they are.

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Her clinical interests include trauma and attachment, parenting, family systems, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, abuse and neglect, hoarding, divorce, workplace trauma, adjustment issues, and generational trauma. She also assists beginning students in the Somatic Experiencing® training program, helping them integrate foundational skills in trauma-informed, somatic-based care.

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Outside of the therapy room, Alana enjoys time with her husband and two young adult children. She finds peace in nature while fishing, gardening, and kayaking and joy in music. These practices help her stay grounded and connected, values she brings to her work with clients.