Practitioner record · Checked 7 Nov 2026
Alena Kaldunski has been in practice 6 years and is licensed in California. Alena lists stress, Anxiety, LGBT and depression among 14 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.
Everything below is either quoted from Alena's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.
01 · Who Alena works with
Alena lists 14 specialisms. Specialisms are the subjects Alena chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.
02 · In Alena's own words
Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.
Hello there! I'm Alena Kaldunski! I have over 6 years of experience in the field of counseling and mental health therapy. If you are seeing this, then I am glad you have taken the first steps towards seeking to improve your life and personal experience. I would be glad to help be a part of cooperative effort between the two of us. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. I have a Masters degree in Counseling and am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
My counseling style is an interactive blend of education and reframing to help you explore and understand your own values, assumptions, and ideals in a non-judgmental and open conversation.
Alena Kaldunski, on the BetterHelp listing · read 7 Nov 2026
03 · What happens next
Alena practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Alena's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.
BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Alena at this point.
BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Alena is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Alena.
You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.
A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.
Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.
04 · Practical details
05 · Provenance
Alena's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 7 Nov 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.
The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.
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