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Alena Houshova, LCPC
Kansas
LCPC in Kansas - Relationships and Trauma
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
About Alena
Alena Houshova is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Kansas with seven years of experience. She focuses on relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She speaks English and works with adults seeking practical, structured help.
Alena frames sessions around clear goals and straightforward techniques. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when it fits the situation, breaking down unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to help people notice values and build everyday habits that match those values.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Clients can expect concrete tools for handling strong emotions, improving communication, and managing setbacks. The work often includes short homework tasks to practice changes between meetings.
Alena has experience supporting people with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, substance use, post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and seasonal affective disorder. She also addresses guilt, shame, forgiveness, and issues common to women.
She describes her role as collaborative - she listens, points out patterns, and suggests experiments to try. Practical problem solving and steady skill building are central to her approach. To begin, people complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
How Alena uses structured approaches in online sessions
Alena often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify specific thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. CBT sessions focus on testing ideas in everyday life and using brief experiments to see what changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another approach she uses to clarify values and encourage action that matches those values, which can help when people feel stuck.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as needed. That means sessions can shift between behavior-focused work and value-based exercises depending on progress and feedback.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed, and reduce time spent traveling. Licensed professionals often use these practical benefits to help therapy fit everyday life without changing the therapeutic focus.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Kansas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on?
She focuses on relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting, self-esteem, and coping with life changes, plus related areas such as adoption and foster care and post-traumatic stress.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to help notice unhelpful thoughts and test different reactions. Sessions include practical steps and short exercises to change patterns between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of professional experience working in counseling settings and holds the LCPC credential.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is licensed in Kansas as an LCPC and practices there.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
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