About Allison
Allison Palazzo is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience based in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, recover from addiction, and cope with grief and life changes. Her style is supportive and solution-oriented, with straightforward guidance and practical steps.
She creates a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what feels stuck. Sessions tend to focus on identifying roadblocks and testing small changes that make daily life more manageable.
How Allison works
Allison emphasizes clear goals and skills that clients can use between sessions. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including self-esteem, intimacy issues, career strain, and compassion fatigue. She also helps people facing family problems, blended family adjustments, and challenges tied to separation or infidelity.
Issues like body image, codependency, and substance use are part of her practice as well. Allison draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work in practical ways. She tailors the approach to each person’s needs and pace, balancing skill-building with emotional processing.
The focus is on helping clients leave sessions with something useful to try. People connect with Allison for help coping with transitions, managing ADHD-related struggles, and rebuilding after loss. She works with individuals to clarify priorities, improve communication, and regain a sense of direction.
The aim is steady, achievable progress rather than quick fixes.
What Allison works with
The areas below are the ones Allison selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Allison Uses Evidence-Based Practices Online
Allison uses clear, evidence-based techniques to help people address practical problems and emotional pain. One common approach focuses on building coping skills and behavioral strategies to reduce anxiety and manage cravings for those recovering from addiction. This involves breaking big challenges into small steps and practicing specific actions between sessions.Another approach emphasizes grief work and processing life changes through guided conversations and exercises. Sessions help people name painful feelings, track patterns, and try different ways of responding to loss or major transitions. These methods are designed to make emotions easier to manage while moving toward new routines and goals.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Allison will collaborate with each person to figure out which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pacing and methods over time so the plan feels workable and respectful of the client’s pace.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help make consistent contact and steady progress more practical for many people.
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