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Tyana Doucette Alexander, MS, LPC

Tyana Doucette Alexander, MS, LPC

Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist (EFT) with couples and individuals

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Tyana is a Licensed Professional Counselor offering individual and family counseling services for adults. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Southern University at New Orleans and completed her graduate education at Loyola University New Orleans, receiving a Master of Science in Counseling in 2002.


Tyana has worked in mental health since 1999, beginning her career at DePaul Tulane Behavioral Health Center. She later served as the admissions counselor for the Eating Disorders and Trauma programs at River Oaks Hospital. Her experience spans inpatient, outpatient, and community mental health settings. Tyana currently maintains a private practice in Homewood. Her areas of expertise include relationship challenges, depression, eating disorders, grief, and loss.  She is certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples (EFCT) and individuals (EFIT). Within this model, developed by Sue Johnson, painful and frightening emotions are explored and processed to build emotional resilience and foster safety within oneself and in meaningful relationships with others.


Tyana believes her role as a therapist is to foster growth and encourage awareness in her client’s life.


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What is Emotionally Focused therapy for couples?


EFT is about moving couples from rigid patterns of engagement, or “knots” to openness and flexibility. This is done by untangling those “knots” and find the threads of connection between the couple to build a strong attachment bond. Together the couple will gain clarity, trust each other’s good intentions, and co-create a shared story of one another and who they are relationally.

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What is Emotionally Focused Therapy with Individuals?


EFIT is based on the Attachment Theory. Safe connections with key others, a sense of belonging and an emotional connection helps set the tone for attachment security. We are wired for connection and have the capacity to grow but we can get stuck in chaotic, reactive emotions or rigid shutting down. These protective patterns can lead to distress individually and relationally. The goal of EFIT is to increase awareness of reactive strategies, as well as fears and vulnerabilities. With that increased awareness we can explore key relationships, expand our emotional awareness, and move towards a coherent narrative of self and others.


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Are you hesitant to talk to other people because you are afraid that the information you will disclose will not be held in confidence? I assure that the information you share will remain confidential unless you are a danger to yourself or others or if ordered by the court system.


Insurances Accepted:

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  • American Behavioral
  • Blue Cross of Alabama
  • Compsych

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  • Private Pay
  • Sliding Fee Scale

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  • Value Options/Beacon Health
  • Viva Health

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