Alena Houshova, LCPC

Kansas · 7 years in practice

Alena Houshova is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) based in Kansas.

License and registration

LCPC, Kansas: LCPC 2695 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1508236191 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 7
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Alena

Alena Houshova is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) based in Kansas. She focuses on helping people with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Her approach is calm and direct, aimed at making change feel doable for everyday life.

Alena draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and shift patterns in close relationships. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered methods to help people connect to values and to what matters most.

Background and approach

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used when practical skills can ease distress or improve daily functioning. In sessions she aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken without judgment. She works with each person to set clear, realistic goals and to break progress into small steps.

Conversations often include learning new skills, practicing them between visits, and checking what’s working. Alena has seven years of professional experience supporting people through major life changes, grief, and recovery from trauma. She also has experience with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, substance use, and recovery after brain injury.

Her work addresses both emotional healing and practical problem solving. People who come to her can expect a collaborative process focused on what they want to change. Sessions aim to balance understanding feelings with building skills.

The overall focus is on steady, manageable progress toward a more stable and satisfying life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Alena lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Intellectual disability
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Traumatic brain injury
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Alena names

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Online support

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on identifying and shifting emotional patterns that keep people stuck in painful relationship cycles. Online EFT sessions can help people notice interaction patterns, name underlying emotions, and practice new ways of responding in real time. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes clarifying values and taking small committed actions. In remote sessions ACT tools can help clients notice unhelpful thoughts, choose meaningful steps, and use short exercises between meetings to build momentum.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That means trying strategies, seeing what helps, and adjusting plans together rather than assuming one path up front.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions or get support in writing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving, or other commitments.

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Questions people ask

What issues does this therapist commonly address?

She works with people facing relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, substance use, and post-traumatic stress.

What is the general therapy style or approach?

Sessions mix Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered methods. Practical CBT and DBT strategies are also used when skill-building will help day-to-day functioning.

How much clinical experience does the therapist have?

The counselor has seven years of professional experience working with people on relationship issues, trauma recovery, parenting concerns, and motivation and confidence.

What are the therapist's credentials and where are they located?

She holds the LCPC credential and is licensed in Kansas. Sessions are provided from that regional practice base.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps should I take to begin therapy?

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