Alena Rakitina, LPCC, MS, NCC

People who have worked with Alena described her as warm, compassionate, easy to talk to, empathetic, and reliable. Alena helps people explore their relationships with themselves and others. She sees her role as someone who can provide a different perspective, brainstorm solutions, and challenge your irrational beliefs while keeping in mind your ultimate goals. 

Alena practices a solution-focused model that reminds a person of their strengths. Alena has a background working with adolescents, adults, and couples. Alena has experience working with trauma, substance use, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, identity and marital issues.

Alena particularly concentrates on infertility issues, pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery, and parenthood. There may be a lot to navigate when two people move from a couple dynamic to a family dynamic.

She also believes in a relational approach to therapy, which teaches that all parts of a person’s life are deeply intertwined. Our family, community, and peers shape our personality; understanding who and what drives our decision-making is the first step in changing unwanted patterns.