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Alaina Mount

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Alaina Mount, LPC

Texas

Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and relationship concerns

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About

  • CBT techniques
  • Attachment work
  • Emotion focus

About Alaina

Alaina Mount is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 11 years of clinical experience. She helps adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, relationship difficulties, grief, and career concerns. She also supports people facing ADHD, compassion fatigue, and identity-related concerns such as LGBT issues.

Alaina draws on several practical therapy approaches. She favors cognitive behavioral methods to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. She also uses attachment-based and emotion-focused ideas when relationships and patterns from the past are part of the concern. Sessions are direct and honest while remaining respectful.

Her background includes work in private practice and inpatient treatment settings. That range means she is familiar with both short-term coping plans and longer-term therapeutic work. People often come for help with communication problems, parenting stress, blended family issues, or caregiving strain.

In a session she listens first, then offers clear tools and feedback for change. That might look like practice conversations, behavioral experiments, or emotion-regulation strategies drawn from DBT. She encourages practical steps to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve day-to-day functioning.

For parents and adults managing home life, Alaina aims to make sessions focused and usable. She encourages realistic goals and teaches skills that can be tried between meetings. To start, readers are invited to complete the platform questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Alaina commonly uses cognitive behavioral methods and attachment-based ideas in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioral changes to test new ways of coping. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how past bonds shape current reactions, which can help with recurring conflicts and parenting strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals and preferences. That conversation typically happens in the first few sessions and can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into busy home schedules, allow shorter focused check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find that working with a licensed professional remotely helps them practice new skills in real life between appointments while keeping sessions practical and goal oriented.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsGriefParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Listed in

Texas

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of home and family concerns does she address?

She works with stress, parenting strain, relationship and communication problems, grief, and issues linked to family of origin.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She uses a direct, respectful approach that combines listening with practical feedback and skill teaching.

How many years has she practiced counseling?

She has 11 years of experience, including time in private practice and inpatient treatment settings.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - licensed in Texas and practices from that state.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are used for meetings?

Please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography.

How are session costs handled?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Alaina Mount

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