About Alison
Alison Spencer is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and brings three years of professional experience to her work. Alison focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, self‑esteem and depression.
She aims to make the first steps feel manageable and supportive for people who are unsure where to begin. Alison uses a person‑centred way of working to create an open space for people to talk about what matters most to them.
Background and approach
She also draws on cognitive‑behavioural ideas and psychodynamic thinking to help identify patterns that keep problems going. She has training as a hypnotherapist and may suggest gentle hypnotherapy techniques when appropriate. Sessions focus on what the client needs in the moment.
Alison listens, reflects, and helps people break big worries into practical next steps. She encourages small changes that build confidence and reduce overwhelm. Her approach is collaborative.
Alison works with each person to set clear, realistic goals and then reviews progress regularly. She also helps people explore loss, control issues, body image concerns and feelings of isolation. Practical issues such as chronic pain, caregiver stress, divorce and midlife worries are also within her focus.
She offers supportive guidance around guilt, forgiveness, attachment and life purpose so clients can find more balance and clarity.
Approaches and online therapy options
Alison works mainly from a person centred perspective which means she prioritises listening and building a trusting working relationship. This approach helps people feel heard and supported while they talk through worries like anxiety or grief.She also draws on cognitive‑behavioural techniques to help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT methods are practical and can be useful for stress, anxiety and low mood by teaching coping strategies and step‑by‑step tasks.
Psychodynamic ideas are used to look at underlying patterns in relationships and feelings that may repeat over time. This can help when someone wants to understand long‑standing issues such as attachment, abandonment or midlife concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison will discuss options with each person and decide together what fits their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts sessions over time as progress and priorities change.
Online therapy offers flexibility. Video calls are useful for face‑to‑face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check‑ins, and text messaging lets people write between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties or mobility limits while keeping treatment consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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