Alani is licensed both as a Registered Clinical Social Worker (MSW, RCSW) and Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) in British Columbia, as well as a Registered Social Worker (RSW) in Ontario. She specializes in working with parents and families for children’s behavioural interventions ages 6-12, as well as teens and young adults ages 19-35 going through transitional life changes in their relationships, work, and education.
As the founder of Hearts Together Therapy, Alani uses a multi-modal approach to her therapy practice, drawing strategies from CBT, DBT, ACT and Narrative Therapy. She is a trained DBT Therapist (to help with emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and focusing on doing what works) as well as an Emotion-focused Level 1 trained Therapist (adept with doing chair work).
She is also trained in Emotion-focused Family Therapy (caregiver-focused intervention) and Gottman Method for couples counselling. As a Vietnamese speaking therapist, Alani is passionate about providing a culturally-responsive therapy approach and training other therapists to do the same.
Alani was born and raised in GTA and moved to Vancouver 3 years ago where she was able to achieve advanced clinical licensure to diagnose mental health conditions (from the DSM-V) for her clients in BC. With 10 years of psychotherapy experience, Alani also provides Clinical Supervision to other therapists and is working towards her provisional RCC-ACS licensure.
In her free time, Alani enjoys dance, figure skating, and re-exploring what play can look like for a now adult who grew up in an immigrant refugee-status, working-class family.
Currently: Accepting new referrals for September 2024
- I offer virtual sessions in Ontario and BC.
- I offer in-person sessions in a Vancouver-based office
Languages spoken: English, Vietnamese
