Alena Kaldunski

Alena Kaldunski, LMFT, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, angry, or stuck. She meets clients with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting worries, grief, and work-related struggles. Her approach aims to make small changes that feel doable day to day.

Alena has a Master’s degree in Counseling and six years of experience in mental health work. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. She treats concerns related to ADHD, bipolar mood patterns, compassion fatigue, self-esteem, and life transitions, and she also supports LGBT clients.

Her style mixes teaching with gentle reframing. Sessions focus on identifying values and assumptions that shape behavior. Conversations are nonjudgmental and practical so people can try new ways of responding between visits.

Alena views clients as experts on their own lives and works collaboratively to set goals. She helps people notice patterns, try small experiments, and build on strengths. The work is paced to fit a client’s needs and daily life.

When someone is ready to begin, she asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions based on availability. Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and sessions take place in California for English-speaking clients.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Alena notes that her work uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and understanding personal patterns. One common approach she uses emphasizes teaching skills and providing clear reframes to help people see situations differently and try new responses; this can help with anger, anxiety, and stress by offering step-by-step ways to respond in the moment.

Another strand of her work centers on values clarification and goal setting. This helps people identify what matters most and align daily choices with those priorities, which is useful for coping with life changes, low mood, and career or relationship decisions.

Finding the best approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively to decide what feels most useful based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and therapist try techniques together and adjust the plan as they see what helps.

For practicalities, confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be conducted. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into work or family schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support steady progress by making it simpler to keep regular appointments without major changes to daily routines.