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Alana Black, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 4 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteem Depression Coping with life changes

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Alana Black is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She brings four years of professional experience from the charity sector, public health service and independent practice. Alana presents as calm and practical and focuses on helping people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.

She uses a trauma-informed, integrative style that draws on current trauma therapies, mindfulness, and attachment ideas. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs, with pace and techniques adjusted as required.

Background and approach

The aim is to reduce anxiety, lift low mood, and build steadier self-esteem. Alana often supports people facing stress, relationship challenges, difficult life changes and persistent self-criticism. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, codependency and communication problems.

Practical skills and reflective work are mixed so people leave sessions with clearer ways to cope. Her background in charities and public health informs a straightforward approach to everyday problems. Conversations tend to be direct but warm, focusing on small steps that make a difference.

People are encouraged to try tools between sessions and to reflect on what works for them. Alana describes starting therapy as a courageous step and aims to offer steady support while clients work towards clearer goals and more manageable daily life.

Approaches for online therapy and how they help

Alana uses trauma-informed methods that focus on understanding how past events influence present feelings and reactions. This involves gentle pacing, grounding techniques and exploring patterns that maintain distress; it can help with anxiety, dissociation and feeling overwhelmed.

She also uses mindfulness practices to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Simple breath work and attention exercises are taught in sessions and practised between appointments to ease stress and improve concentration.

Attachment-informed work is another strand of her approach. This looks at how early relational patterns shape expectations in close relationships and helps people change unhelpful habits around trust and closeness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options with each person and decide together what fits best based on needs, goals and preferences. Adjustments are made as progress is reviewed so therapy remains collaborative.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and text messaging lets people write when it feels right. These formats make it possible to fit therapy around daily life and different routines.

What kinds of problems does Alana help with?

She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship issues, and also addresses concerns like abandonment, body image and isolation.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is trauma-informed and integrative, combining trauma-focused work, mindfulness and attachment ideas in a practical, down-to-earth way.

What experience does she bring to sessions?

Alana has four years of professional experience across the charity sector, public health service and independent practice.

Is she registered or accredited?

She holds BACP accreditation as stated in her credentials and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages and regions are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

People can meet her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.

How does costing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Self esteem

Experience: 4 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Alana Black, BACP

Background and approach

Approaches for online therapy and how they help

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety