Alana Akong (she/her)

Infertility can feel isolating and impact all aspects of your life. Often, difficulty becoming pregnant, reconciling decisions about reproductive health, and experiencing pregnancy loss can introduce new triggers. You can share your journey and shifts in your relationships, perspective, and self-image with me. Together, we can identify coping tools to support you as you navigate feelings of anxiety, disappointment, anger, and uncertainty.

Infertility can feel isolating and impact all aspects of your life. Often, difficulty becoming pregnant, reconciling decisions about reproductive health, and experiencing pregnancy loss can introduce new triggers. You can share your journey and shifts in your relationships, perspective, and self-image with me. Together, we can identify coping tools to support you as you navigate feelings of anxiety, disappointment, anger, and uncertainty.

Managing job stress, complicated interactions with family and loved ones, the impact of systemic oppression, and a global pandemic can certainly weigh on your mental health and sense of well-being. If you find it more challenging to manage your emotions, we can work together to explore your unique anxiety symptoms. Collaboratively we can uncover tools to help you experience less irritability and tiredness and work toward feeling more focused and relieved.

Our identities are dynamic, as are our perceptions of how race impacts our lives, from social interactions, family relationships, educational experiences, and professional endeavors. I provide a safe and non-judgmental space to examine how your racial identity has intersected and shaped other parts of your identity, including ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. I validate your experiences and highlight your strengths and ingenuity to help mediate race-related stress and trauma.

Attachment theory allows us to explore your close emotional relationships and glean a deeper understanding of how this shapes who you are. We aim to strengthen and cultivate safe, intimate connections with this understanding.

I use CBT to help you identify unhealthy thoughts and behavior patterns that you believe are limiting your potential. Together we create adaptive and more rewarding habits to positively impact your daily life.

I utilize Mindfulness-based therapy to help you cultivate self-compassion while lessening negative feelings and judgment toward yourself and others and strengthening your awareness and acceptance.

I use CBT to help you identify unhealthy thoughts and behavior patterns that you believe are limiting your potential. Together we create adaptive and more rewarding habits to positively impact your daily life.