About Alayna
Alayna Bryant is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi with 15 years of experience. She focuses on behavioral health and co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. Her work centers on practical steps people can take to feel better and meet their personal goals.
She uses a mix of person-centered listening and structured techniques. That means she listens first, then helps people set clear goals. Sessions often include skill building for mood and anxiety, motivation for change around substance use, and tools for handling anger and relationship strain.
Background and approach
Alayna adapts methods to each person. She draws from acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness practices. The aim is to replace harmful habits with manageable routines and healthier coping skills.
She also helps people process trauma, grief, identity questions, and career or parenting stress. Work may include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing new responses, and building self-care plans that fit everyday life. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.
People who want clear techniques alongside empathic listening may find this approach helpful. Alayna welcomes conversations that lead to steady, practical change over time.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and identify personal values to guide choices; it can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns common in anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation for stress, trauma symptoms, and everyday overwhelm.Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose and adjust methods so sessions match the client’s needs and feel doable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in when bandwidth or camera time is limited. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to send quick notes, practice skills between meetings, or fit care into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and work on change across real life situations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English