​Alanna La Cioppa

Trainee Counsellor at Wellness HQ

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Alanna is a Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy student at the Australian College of Applied Professions (ACAP). She brings a rich background in somatic coaching, yoga, and psychosocial facilitation within health and community settings, as well as lived experience as a family carer supporting loved ones through terminal illness and end-of-life transitions.

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Her approach to counselling is relational, body-centred, and trauma-aware, integrating elements of Somatic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Person-Centred Therapy. Alanna is passionate about helping clients reconnect with their innate capacity for regulation, self-compassion, and clarity—supporting not just insight, but embodied change.

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With a deep respect for each person’s unique story, Alanna aims to create a warm, grounded, and inclusive space where clients feel safe to explore the layers of their experience. She has a particular interest in working with stress, burnout, grief, and life transitions, and in helping individuals rediscover balance and meaning in their daily lives.

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Beyond her counselling studies, Alanna runs Aligned by Alanna, offering somatic coaching, yoga, and workshops focused on nervous-system regulation and sustainable wellbeing. She also has professional experience in organisational change, community engagement, and fundraising within the health sector.

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Outside of her work and studies, Alanna finds joy in nature, movement, and creative expression, whether through yoga, coastal walks, or quiet time with her partner and Great Dane, Dahlia. She brings the same presence, empathy, and curiosity that guide her personal life into every therapeutic encounter.