Alanna Kardon-Alkalay, LCSW

Alanna Kardon-Alkalay is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York who brings extensive experience from agency, school, and private practice settings. Her background includes work in preventive services with children and families, counseling in an adult mental health day program, and contractual work with a New York public school system to support student needs. In private practice she has focused on adults seeking help for depression, anxiety, ADHD, eating disorders, relationship and parenting concerns, and has supported people who have experienced post-traumatic stress, sexual and emotional abuse, and neglect.

She completed a master’s degree at Fordham University in Tarrytown, NY, where she received clinical training in individual counseling and family systems. Alanna frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy to address patterns of thought and behavior, and she also integrates humanistic and other integrative methods to fit each person’s needs. She helps clients make meaning of their experiences through narrative work and builds individualized treatment plans with client input, adjusting those plans as life circumstances and goals evolve. Alanna emphasizes trust, professional ethics, and the dignity of each person, taking cues from clients as they collaborate on goals. Mindfulness and attention to the present moment are often incorporated, whether through meditation, time in nature, or other practices that feel meaningful to the individual. She supports personal growth by building on the strengths clients already possess.