Albania Alegria
Do you find yourself controlled by stress, anxiety, grief, no matter what you do? You are highly self-aware and have accomplished a lot in life, but still find yourself held back by the crippling emotions—fear, sadness, anger. No matter how much you show on the outside that you “have it together”, the breakup, change in family dynamic, the loss, the new job—highlights the storm that you can’t stop inside. You tell yourself how you should be and how things should be different, yet you feel the pain. Something is telling you that you need something different. You want to understand what's happening, get the tools that work, and feel like yourself again. I want to help you get there. I’m Albania. I specialize in working with adults who've done the self-work, break-free from cycles of overwhelm from stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma, to confidently navigate's life challenges. Clients come to me looking for a therapist that they can relate to culturally, and incudes it in the work with a holistic practice, because therapy should be a place where you feel fully seen and heard for who you are. Session with me are gentle, simple, and practical.
I’m Albania, a licensed Bilingual Latina, trauma-informed therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), with over a decade of experience in the mental health field.
I’ll meet you where you are on your unique journey and offer you the support you need to get through the challenges and come out more resilient than you are already. A life where you experience more ease and confidence is possible. You don’t have to be stuck in old patterns of overwhelm due stress, anxiety, trauma or grief, and you don’t have to do it alone. I can’t wait to hear from you.
First session
I will be doing an intake consultation with you on the first session to make sure we are a good fit. I provide referrals if I feel like your needs are better fit with another provider.
Strengths
My greatest strengths: Deeply listening and present, Calm, soft, and use of appropriate-humor. Lovingly interrupt and challenge clients, Share tools so the client ignites their inner-healer. Experience in different modalities and interweaving culture.
Ideal clients
I best serve women over 30 years who feel they've tried everything - therapy, self-help, and lifestyle changes but don't feel any better. They are experiencing overwhelm, exhaustion, stuck in cycles of stress and trauma, struggles to prioritize themselves and own needs, and feels the pressure of society, career, and family expectations. For women that are seeking relief from anxiety and stress, trauma and burnout recovery, through nervous system healing.
Treatment methods
Somatic
I offer Somatic Experiencing (SE), a trauma-informed, slow body-based healing modality designed to relieve chronic stress, anxiety, and trauma symptoms.Many high-functioning individuals remain stuck in survival states like fight, flight, or freeze—long after the stress has passed. This dysregulation can lead to chronic tension, burnout, disconnection, and even illness. Somatic Experiencing helps gently release stored trauma from the nervous system, restore a felt sense of safety, and build resilience. Through body awareness, regulation tools, and slow, present-moment processing, SE supports long-term healing—so you can feel more grounded, present, and at peace in your body and life.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I use a Internal Family Systems-Informed approach to get to know the parts of us that are stuck in survival and protecting us and may prevent us from embodying our truest and aligned self. It's a very compassionate approach to healing stress and trauma.
Mind-body approach
I use a holistic (mind and body) approach, as this is what creates sustainable healing. You learn the skills to implement a growth mindset, as well as how to regulate your nervous system, and grow it's ability to embody more of the version you want to be living in.
EMDR
I provide a mind and body approach to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. We work with certain EMDR tools to help your body be balanced, so that you can prepare for processing a specific event. I will assess readiness for this type of treatment.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- CaliforniaLicense 94169