Ana Adal
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist dedicated to supporting adults navigating anxiety, depression, grief and loss, difficult life transitions, addictions and relationship challenges by developing both insight and learning new coping skills. I believe therapy is a journey inward—one that honors the mind, heart, and spirit and that manifests outwardly as greater life satisfaction. My goal is to help clients reconnect with their inner strengths and their Best Self: the part of you that is grounded in clarity, resilience, and compassion. At any stage of life, your Best Self remains present—offering wisdom, healing, and the possibility of deep inner peace even in the presence of significant life transitions, deep pain or long-standing challenges. I hold a Master of Arts in Spiritual and Counseling Psychology and have trained in grief and loss, community mental health, psychiatric settings, and addiction treatment. In my private practice, I am deeply committed to creating a safe, shame-free, and growth-oriented space that honors each client’s unique healing process.
My goal is to help clients reconnect with their inner strengths and their Best Self: the part of you that is grounded in clarity, resilience, and compassion.
My therapeutic approach is integrative, relational, and grounded in deep caring and lived experience. I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful patterns; mindfulness and acceptance-based practices to cultivate present-moment awareness and self-compassion; and humanistic and spiritual perspectives that invite exploration of meaning, authenticity, and purpose. Therapy is a collaborative process. Together, we work in a compassionate space to reconnect with your Best Self—honoring a lifetime of experience while cultivating peace, resilience, and self-compassion in all seasons of life.
First session
Beginning therapy can feel both hopeful and unsettling.though many of my clients have experienced therapy before. In our first session, we will take time to notice what is present for you and explore where you are now, along with your hopes for where you would like to be through our work together.
Strengths
Alongside my passion for this work, I bring a caring and curious presence to our sessions. With perspective, gentle humor and grounded therapeutic support, I hope to help you reconnect with a vision of yourself as someone with deep inner resilience and infinite potential. We gain insight into the thoughts, emotions, and patterns that may be keeping you stuck. Together, we then develop practical tools and coping skills to create meaningful and lasting change, greater self-awareness, and a stronger sense of well-being.
Ideal clients
I’m best positioned to work with clients who are curious about themselves and life, motivated for growth, and willing to step outside their comfort zone even if it sometimes seems hard. My ideal clients are open to reflection, receptive to new perspectives and suggestions, and able to approach the therapeutic process with honesty, perspective, and if appropriate....a sense of humor.
Treatment methods
Eclectic
I continue to remain interested in and current in numerous treatment methods and find benefit in many. I prefer to tailor the method to the client's needs and the amount of time they want to spend on the therapeutic process. I am very insight/ supportive/ client centered.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I find CBT extremely helpful when a client feels "stuck" and is looking for concrete, actionable means to change a present/ongoing issue that they are having difficulty in resolving. I also use TF-CBT for trauma/PTSD.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
I have an academic basis in spiritual psychology and believe that meditation and mindfulness allow to experience a deeper connection to ourselves and the world around us. these modalities support the client in attain a sense of inner peace and belonging.
Location
Virtual sessions