Coaching that gets to the root of it.
I work with growth-oriented people to transform limiting patterns, increase agency, and align their choices with their values. My approach goes beneath the surface to the emotional logic that's actually driving behavior, so that change happens at the source and lasts.
Together, we attune to your direct experience to discover the driving forces behind your behavior. Along the way, we build the inner allyship that supports aligned action.
Curious? Book a free 40-minute discovery call below!
Book a Discovery CallYou may already understand a lot about yourself. But understanding isn't always enough to change the pattern. That's because the things that drive us most deeply often don't live where everyday thinking can reach them. They're emotional learnings, held in the body and in parts of us we may not even know are active in our choices. They have their own logic, and it's sound, but it may no longer be serving you.
My job is to guide you along surface of your experience down into the emotional logic that underlies your behavior patterns, uncovering and making sense of how your inner world has organized itself over time.
I've found that when we work at the root level of what is driving us, change at the surface happens organically, without force.
My approach blends practical guidance with deep attunement. I draw from parts-based modalities, somatic practices, and contemplative traditions, including Coherence Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Buddhist perspectives, and Gendlin's Focusing. My aim is to hold a container that responds to you as you are, and each session will be unique.
"I would recommend working with Alanna if you're ready for deep internal engagement and are hoping to make systemic changes in how you react and move through the world. My relationships to people, internally charged social situations, and work have all been improved through working with her. Working with Alanna has been invaluable for growing into the person I want to be. I've been working with Alanna for 7 years now and I hope to continue working with her for many years to come."
—Vael Gates, Nonprofit Founder
"This work builds on itself, so that each session provides a new layer of self-awareness and navigation skills within that layer. I've learned to introspect alone successfully and also have a more introspective approach to my daily experience — both in dealing with challenges and accessing joy."
—David Lassiter, Filmmaker
"I've found many other therapists or coaches not to be very helpful to me, given my existing skill in introspection. With Alanna, I make much more progress than I could have on my own. Having Alanna available to work with feels like an important point of stability in my life, and in some sense like freedom — emotional risks are more okay because I have someone I can rely on to help me through.""
—Vael Gates, Nonprofit Founder
"Alanna's approach blends the most rewarding components of meditation and flow I've found in other practices. Meditative calmness and quietness of mind supported by the active engagement and spontaneous creative flow I've enjoyed in dance and theater. This combination brings about an exciting journey into the parts of myself that are most alive, and most in need of care on any given day.” ,
—Josh Kelly, Psychologist
"The sort of questions she asks are often highly counterintuitive to me, in the sense that I would have been very unlikely to take my mind in that direction while thinking about the issue on my own. I find that to be extremely productive and valuable!"
—Toba Hellerstein, Strategic Advisor & nonprofit CEO
I work with individuals and organizations. For company work, we organize a retainer with a dedicated number of coaching hours per month. For individuals, I start with a two-month engagement. After that, we decide together what ongoing support looks like.
Interested? Start by booking a free 40-minute consultation below.
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