Alena Kaldunski , LMFT

Alena Kaldunski brings six years of clinical experience to her work and welcomes people who are ready to take steps toward improving their lives. She approaches therapy as a collaborative process, believing that each person is the expert on their own story and that existing strengths can be used to address current challenges.

She holds a master’s degree in Counseling and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. LMFT stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a professional credential that authorizes practice with individuals, couples, and families in California.

Alena’s counseling style blends education with cognitive reframing and guided exploration. Through an interactive, nonjudgmental conversation she helps clients examine their values, assumptions, and beliefs so they can better understand choices and move toward change. She aims to create an open space where learning and new perspectives support practical steps forward.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Therapy Options

Alena frequently uses cognitive reframing to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns. This approach involves noticing automatic thoughts, challenging assumptions, and replacing them with more balanced perspectives, which can be useful for stress, anxiety, and low mood.

She also incorporates psychoeducation to help clients understand how emotions, behaviors, and relationships interact. Providing clear information and practical tools supports informed choices and healthier coping strategies.

Given her training as a marriage and family therapist, Alena draws on systems-oriented thinking to explore relational patterns and communication within couples and families, helping clients address conflicts and improve connection.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alena works together with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, then adapts techniques to suit the individual or family rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.

Online therapy offers flexible access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, maintain continuity during transitions, and engage in therapy in the format that feels most comfortable.