About Alison
Alison Gordon is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She brings years of work in hospital and community mental health settings to her practice. Alison says she was drawn to therapy after seeing how support in those settings can change people’s lives.
Alison uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people manage stress and anxiety. She also helps with depression, low self-esteem, relationship and family difficulties, grief, addiction and coping with life changes.
How Alison works
Her approach treats the person, not just the problem, and she aims to build on each person’s strengths. She draws on several clinical methods, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Alison keeps learning so she can offer relevant tools and techniques that fit each person’s situation.
Sessions focus on clear goals and steps people can take between meetings. Conversations are practical and collaborative, with time given to notice what is working and what needs to change. Alison emphasises small, manageable changes that add up over time.
She supports a wide range of concerns including parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, chronic illness and body image. Sessions are held in English and are open to people in the UK and international clients. Alison encourages people to take the first step and reach out when they feel ready.
Alison lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Alison works with
The areas below are the ones Alison selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that work well online and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) uses simple skills to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and teaches practical strategies to change them, which often helps with stress, sleeping, eating and mood problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with relationship difficulties, intimacy-related issues and attachment struggles.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences, and together they will choose or adapt methods that feel most helpful. This means therapy is tailored rather than one-size-fits-all, and the approach can shift as progress is made.
Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short sessions or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family and time zones while keeping focus on practical progress.
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