Alayna Roman

Resident in Counseling

Therapist

About Alayna Roman

Alayna Roman, M.Ed. (she/her), believes therapy works best when clients don’t feel like they have to perform being a “good therapy client.” Her style is relaxed and relational, with room for difficult emotions and meaningful insight alongside laughter, sarcasm, and simply being human. She believes therapy can be meaningful without making every part of being human something that needs to be analyzed.

Alayna especially enjoys working with clients who want to better understand themselves, their patterns, and the experiences that have shaped them. She works particularly well with highly anxious clients—whether anxiety looks like panic, constant overthinking, feeling “on edge,” or having a brain that just won’t turn off. She also enjoys working with clients experiencing depression, navigating neurodivergence (including ADHD and autism), exploring identity and self-esteem, processing trauma or religious trauma, grief, navigating relationships, or moving through major life transitions.

Her approach is person-centered and collaborative. Alayna brings validation and curiosity to sessions while also being willing to gently—or directly—challenge clients when helpful. She values honesty and feedback and encourages clients to tell her when something isn’t working or they need something different from her.

Alayna works with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. Multicultural counseling is an important part of her work, and she especially enjoys working with Black and Brown, LGBTQ+, and neurodivergent clients, as well as clients within kink, sex-positive, ethically nonmonogamous, and polyamorous communities. She recognizes that these identities and experiences have not always felt understood or welcomed in traditional therapy spaces. Alayna welcomes conversations about race, culture, sexuality, gender, spirituality, relationships, and the ways our identities and experiences shape how we move through the world. She strives to create a space where clients don’t have to minimize, defend, or leave important parts of themselves at the door.

Outside of counseling, Alayna enjoys spending time with friends, being active, learning new skills, adding to her tattoo and piercing collection, and crocheting just about anything—as long as it’s rectangular. She’s equally happy exploring somewhere new or settling in with a good movie, blanket, and candle