Alana Howells

Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

About Alana

I am a clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over twenty years of experience across private practice, psychiatric settings, clinical management, tertiary education, and the community sector.

Throughout the first decade of my career, I worked extensively with children, individuals, and families who had experienced trauma, abuse, or other relationship difficulties, along with managing a community therapy service and providing supervision. Since that time, I have focused on working with adults, couples, adolescents, and children in private practice, as well as teaching Psychology and Counselling at postgraduate level. I am a Board-Approved Supervisor, and provide supervision for the Clinical Registrar Program as well as for early career and more experienced psychologists and psychotherapists.

Currently, I work primarily in private practice, whilst also providing group and individual supervision in university settings.

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My Approach

I provide psychoanalytic psychotherapy and supervision.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an evidence-based, intensive, often longer-term treatment for working through a range of experiences and increasing self-understanding. Please see this link for more information about this form of therapy and whether it is right for you.

While I work with patients across the lifespan, I currently focus on working with individuals who have experienced relationship challenges, traumatic experiences, chronic health difficulties, or repeating patterns and behaviours that are causing distress. I aim to provide an experience where you feel understood and heard, trying to attune deeply to you and what you need. I work with you to help you to develop increased self-understanding and connect more with difficult emotions.

    • Children

    • Adolescents

    • Adults

    • Couples

    • Therapists looking for supervision

    • PTSD, complex trauma, and other traumatic experiences

    • Therapy for therapists

    • Relationship difficulties

    • Chronic health problems

    • Depression

    • Anxiety

    • Difficulty managing emotions

    • Helping people to process difficult past events

    • Child therapy

    • Parent counselling

    • Mondays

    • Tuesdays

    • Thursdays

    • Fridays

Location

 

I am currently located in Doncaster.

From October 2026, I will be located at 2/148 Epsom Road Ascot Vale VIC 3032.

Telehealth sessions are also available, although some in-person attendance is also typical in this form of therapy.

My practice, Aurora Psychology, also has practitioners in Doncaster. Please click here for more information.

Contact

Inquiries are welcome via email, phone, or via the contact form below. I am happy to have a brief phone discussion to see if I may be the right fit for you, prior to arranging an initial appointment.

Email: alana@aurorapsychology.com.au

Phone: 0432 711 060