About Alison
Alison Howarth is a counsellor credentialed with PACFA and has over 30 years of clinical experience in Australia. She works with people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma or low self-esteem and helps them find practical ways forward. Alison also supports those affected by workplace trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout.
She adapts her approach to each person she meets. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that keep problems alive and experimenting with small changes that make daily life easier.
How Alison works
She offers coaching-level support for leadership and management concerns as well as clinical supervision when that is needed. Alison draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. She also uses client-centred and emotionally-focused techniques to help people feel heard and to repair painful emotional responses.
Mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives add tools for managing stress and understanding deeper patterns. People meet her for help with abandonment worries, communication problems, guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, isolation and finding life purpose. She pays particular attention to women's issues and first responder stress where relevant.
Practice is delivered in a way that suits the person - sessions can be longer or shorter depending on need, and therapy goals are reviewed as work progresses. Alison aims to make each meeting practical, respectful, and focused on real change.
Alison lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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.
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Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches that work online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and helps people build more supported ways of relating. This can be useful for worries about abandonment, repeated relationship struggles and chronic anxiety. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting back what matters to the person so they feel understood and can clarify their goals. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift painful emotional responses so they become easier to manage and less isolating.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alison will discuss these methods with each person and adapt sessions to fit their needs, goals and preferences. Work is reviewed regularly so the approach can change as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option and suit quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging give flexibility for short updates or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity even when life is unpredictable.
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