About Alison
Alison Mace is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) who aims to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship issues, or major life changes. She focuses on clear, practical steps so people can start feeling more steady. Alison works to make sessions feel calm and straightforward, with an honest, down-to-earth approach.
Alison treats a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, anger, eating and body image issues, and mood and personality-related difficulties.
How Alison works
She also supports people dealing with LGBT matters, self-esteem struggles, grief, compassion fatigue, and complicated feelings like guilt or shame. Practical coping skills are paired with time to understand deeper patterns. Her work blends several approaches to match what each person needs.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She also draws on existential and psychodynamic ideas to look at meaning and life patterns, and uses motivational interviewing to encourage change.
Alison has five years of clinical experience in mental health settings across Michigan. She aims for sessions that feel collaborative - clients set the goals and she helps plan doable steps toward them. Conversation is direct but warm, and she uses empathy and occasional lightness to keep work human and manageable.
Sessions are offered in English. The practice supports multiple online formats so people can choose what fits their day-to-day needs.
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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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How Alison’s Approaches Work Online
Alison commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions, improving focus, and handling distress without making things worse.She treats the choice of approach as a joint decision. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then suggest techniques to try together. Sessions mix skill teaching, practical exercises, and reflective conversation so the plan evolves as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, written reflections, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options are intended to make therapy easier to fit into everyday life and keep momentum between meetings.
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