Alena Kaldunski , LMFT

Alena Kaldunski is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than six years of experience in counseling and mental health care. She holds a Masters degree in Counseling and is credentialed as an LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Alena approaches therapy as a collaborative process, inviting clients to draw on their own knowledge and strengths while she offers guidance and structure. She frames her work as a cooperative effort, honoring the client as the expert of their own story and helping them identify resources they already possess to meet current challenges.

Her counseling style blends education with reframing techniques, creating an interactive environment where clients can explore values, assumptions, and patterns without judgment. Conversations are intended to be open and supportive, with an emphasis on understanding perspectives and developing practical ways to move forward. Alena aims to create a space in which people can learn, reflect, and make choices that align with their goals and values.

Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Care

Alena uses a mix of education and reframing techniques to help clients better understand their experiences and shift unhelpful perspectives. Psychoeducation involves teaching skills and information about thoughts, emotions, and behavior so clients can make informed choices about change. Reframing techniques help people look at situations from different angles, reduce stuck thinking, and consider alternative interpretations that open up new options.

Her practice emphasizes collaboration - she partners with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process includes trying approaches, checking in about what is helping, and adapting the plan together so the work aligns with each person’s values.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility, allowing meetings by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to connect with licensed professionals and therapists from different locations, fit sessions into busy schedules, and continue momentum between appointments. The focus remains on effective, evidence-informed work delivered in ways that suit each client.