About Alison
Alison French is a BACP counsellor with seven years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety and the effects of trauma and abuse. She approaches sessions with warmth and respect. Alison aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can begin to make small, steady changes.
She uses a person-centred style that keeps the client’s experience at the centre of the work. That means listening closely, reflecting what matters, and helping people find their own answers rather than giving instructions.
Background and approach
Her practice also draws on trauma-focused ideas to help people process difficult memories and reduce their everyday distress. Alison often works with issues around self-esteem, motivation and relationship concerns. She also addresses guilt and shame, questions about life purpose, and matters of self-love.
Sexual assault and abuse are included among the practical areas she supports people with. In sessions she may offer breath work and Focusing-Orientated Therapy as tools to notice bodily signals and shift stuck patterns. These are used alongside open, person-led conversation to build resources for coping.
Sessions move at a pace set by the client. Alison tailors the way she talks and the strategies she uses to each person’s needs. She encourages people to try small practical steps between sessions and reflects on what helps.
The overall aim is clearer self-connection and steadier daily functioning.
How person-centred and trauma-focused work translates online
Alison uses a person-centred approach that centres the client’s experience, values what they bring, and supports people to find their own solutions. This work is simple and conversational and can help when someone feels stuck, lacks confidence, or wants clearer direction. Trauma-focused therapy is used to gently process distressing memories and their effects, aiming to reduce the way past events affect everyday life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alison will listen to your concerns, discuss possible ways of working, and adapt methods to what feels most helpful. Together you decide whether to focus on present coping, processing past events, or using body-based tools like breath work and Focusing-Orientated practice.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or need brief, flexible contact around work or family life. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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