Alana

Alana

Certified Relationship Counsellor and Sex Therapist

Relationship Counsellor and Sex Therapist Perth

MSexol. AdvDip Gestalt

She/They

Hart Centre Certified

In personOnlineBusiness hours

Types of Counselling

  • Relationship Counselling
  • Sex Therapy
  • Desire & Intimacy Counselling
  • Trauma Counselling
  • Neurodiversity Counselling
  • ADHD Counselling
  • LGBTQIA+ Counselling
  • Pre-Marriage Counselling
  • Online Counselling

Session Fees

Individual: $190
Couples: $230

Areas of Interest

  • Sexual difficulties (such as those relating to orgasm or ejaculation)
  • Mismatched libido
  • Desire discrepancies
  • Intimate pain
  • Intimacy
  • Relationship issues (including consensual non monogamy)
  • Gender and sexual identity
  • Culturally sensitive and responsive care
  • Chronic illness and disabilities; sex therapy and relationship support
  • Eco and Nature Based Therapy – even from the online space
  • Kink and LGBTQIA+
  • ADHD and Neurodiversity

Types of Modalities

  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Gestalt
  • Gottman Method
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Interpersonal
  • Multicultural
  • Person-Centred
  • Psychoeducation
  • Somatic
  • Trauma Focused
“One good conversation can shift the direction of the change forever.”

— Linda Lambert

Specialised Training

  • SAS – Toya Ricci: Decolonising Societal Sexual Expectations
  • PACFA – Relationship Institute Australasia: Gottman Level 1 and Gottman Level 2 Training
  • SAS – SECCA: Sexuality and Disability. SECCA App Training
  • PACFA – Kit Kline: Nature Based Therapy – Winter Gathering
  • Karen Triggs & SAS NSW: ADHD and Sexuality
  • Sessions Live with Esther Perel
  • SIPS: Sexology in Practice Symposium 2022
  • International Childhood Trauma Conference – Melbourne
  • Tanya Koens: Navigating Intimate Pain: When Sex Hurts
  • Emma Stewart: Genito Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder (GPPPD)
  • Tanya Koens: Desire Discrepancy: Libido & Sexual Expectations
  • SECCA: Sexual Aids and Disability
  • Patricia Rich: IFS Self Led Sexuality
  • Guest Speaker on Cairns FM 89.1 with Ella Shannon Evolution of Intimacy
  • Dr Stephanie Azri: Couples Therapy & Sexology
  • Institute of Somatic Sexology: Touch Ambassador- how to teach touch online
  • DV Alert: Multicultural Workshop
  • Diversity Focus Internship: developing an e-learning for allied healthcare providers to offer a more effective and culturally responsive practice regarding FDV (Family and Domestic Violence), AOD and Mental Health
  • Dr. Barry McCarthy: Enhancing Couple’s Intimacy After Infidelity
  • Betty Martin: The Wheel of Consent
  • Dr Sandra Pertot: Mismatched Libido
  • TEDx Perth: Love, Sex and Relationships
  • PACFA – Sladjana Djordjevic: Cultivating self-regulation through somatic practice
  • PACFA – Understanding Menopause
  • SAS – SIPS: Sexology in Practice Symposium 2024
  • PACFA – Trauma and Dissociation: clinical challenges and treatment principles
  • Relationship Institute Australasia & Dr Bill Bumberry: Deepening Couples Therapy – working with emotions
  • PACFA – Amanda Gruhn: Intro into Depth Inquiry- A process for working with Trauma
  • PACFA – An Intro to Compassion Focused Therapy
  • SAS  – Uma Ayelet Furman: Somatic Sexology
  • SAS  – Dr Anita Elias: Birth Trauma and Post-Partum Sexuality
  • PACFA – Monash University: Deep Dive into Dyspareunia- A multidisciplinary workshop on sexual pain
  • PACFA – Relationship Institute Australasia: Individual Therapy for Couple’s Problems
  • SAS – Dr Theodore Bennett: Kink and Consent
  • PACFA – Sladjana Djordjevic: Cultivating self-regulation through somatic practice

About Alana

Alana works from a person-centred, trauma informed approach, to support her clients through life’s twists and turns. She focuses on a here and now, embodied approach that cultivates the connection between the mind-body.

She has a passion for working with a diverse range of issues and experiences, including relationship issues and couple’s problems (including ethical non monogamy), ADHD, neurodiversity in relationships, intimate pain, supporting LGBTQIA+ clients, desire discrepancies and libido. She practices with the understanding that life changing therapy is a journey, not a cure-all or quick fix. All gendered, sexual, racial and cultural identities are welcome and will be respected.

Hart Centre Located in Scarborough, WA

More About Alana

  • 1. I work holistically, nurturing the relationship between the mind-body so that my clients can feel and process their emotions somatically as well as be able to communicate their experiences clearly. Not only does this help break down barriers in relation to others, it allows the client to understand themselves and their family/relationship dynamics more deeply.

    2. Being a trauma informed practitioner, I understand the necessity of creating a safe and confidential space for clients to freely express themselves. Clients can vocalise and work through the difficult and sensitive topics surrounding sex, gender and sexuality in a judgement-free setting.

    3. Working as a culturally sensitive and responsive practitioner. I provide a welcoming and respectful space for all gendered, sexual, racial and cultural identities.

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