About Alan
Alan Williams helps people work through relationship and family pain, grief and intimacy issues. He also supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, career pressures, self-esteem struggles and major life changes. Alan is a PACFA counsellor with 19 years’ experience who works with individuals and couples to regain connection and find clearer ways forward.
Alan describes his role as helping people uncover the meaning behind their emotions and history. He listens without judgement and encourages practical steps that fit each person’s life.
How Alan works
Sessions focus on unpacking patterns in relationships and identifying small changes that ease daily strain. Imago Relationship Therapy is a central part of his work with couples. He uses structured dialogues to repair disconnection, boost emotional closeness and help partners ask for what they need in clearer ways.
With individuals he attends to attachment wounds, abandonment fears and family of origin issues that affect current relationships. Alan has long experience supporting people through grief and loss, including complex situations arising from adoption, donor conception and other non-paternity discoveries. He also offers approaches aimed at reducing phobic reactions and panic linked to identifiable triggers.
His background includes many years as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and work within Employee Assistance Programs, so he is familiar with mediation, parenting arrangements and workplace stress. He works only with adults and couples, and runs sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
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What Alan works with
The areas below are the ones Alan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How Imago and online sessions help rebuild connection
Imago Relationship Therapy uses timed, guided dialogues that help partners listen to each other and name what they need. It is designed to repair disconnection, deepen emotional intimacy and reduce repeated conflict patterns between partners.Alan also works with attachment-related issues and abandonment wounds, helping individuals understand how early relationships shape current reactions. This approach helps people spot patterns, practice new responses and feel steadier in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alan will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before, then recommend a way forward. The choice of methods is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different rhythms of life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be a simpler option with less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to schedule therapy around work, parenting and other commitments.
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