About Alison
Alison Simone is a counsellor who combines several practical approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety and life changes. She works in a straightforward, respectful way and aims to tailor conversations to each person’s needs. Alison holds BACP credentials and practises from the United Kingdom.
She draws on client-centred techniques that prioritise the person’s own experience and choices. Cognitive behavioural strategies are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternatives in day-to-day life.
How Alison works
Narrative and existential ideas help people make sense of difficult events and find meaning after setbacks. Alison has nine years of professional experience supporting people through parenting pressures, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and relationship difficulties. She also helps with depression, addictions, grief, eating and sleeping problems, anger, low self esteem and career concerns.
Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication and control problems, and caring-related stress. Sessions are shaped around what each person brings to the room. Conversations aim to be clear and practical, with small steps to try between meetings.
She adapts the pace and tools to suit the issue and the person’s preferences. Many people come for help with coping during major transitions such as separation, bereavement or a change in work. Alison supports people through these moments by helping them think differently about problems and try new patterns of behaviour.
The overall aim is to help people feel more able to manage day-to-day life and rebuild confidence.
Alison lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- 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
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person to find their own answers. In practice this means the counsellor reflects back what is said and helps the person follow their own priorities, which can be very useful for stress, relationship issues and self-esteem work.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviour connect. Sessions tend to be practical and goal-oriented, with exercises or small experiments to try between meetings to change patterns that keep problems going.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss options and try different methods so the plan fits the person’s goals, needs and preferences. This decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people see non-verbal cues and hold longer sessions. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit shorter check-ins, quick coping strategies or moments when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help therapy fit around family, work and other commitments, while keeping the focus on making steady progress.
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