About Allison
Allison Burnam is a licensed social worker practicing in Ohio. She holds an MD and the social work credentials LCSW-C and LISW. Allison brings eight years of experience supporting people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, ADHD, trauma, and related concerns.
Her approach centers on building a trusting relationship first. She uses listening and questions to understand each person’s priorities. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings, not just talk in the room.
Background and approach
Allison draws on several evidence-informed methods. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviors. She also uses mindfulness strategies to teach simple ways to calm intense feelings and lower physical arousal.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas guide work around attachment and close relationships. Motivational Interviewing helps people find personal reasons to change when motivation feels low. These methods are blended to match what each person needs at the time.
She also helps people facing parenting strain, grief, anger, impulsivity, and multicultural concerns. People who are dealing with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, or social anxiety can find focused support. Allison offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
She helps international clients as well. To begin, a short questionnaire is used to match goals and scheduling preferences before arranging sessions.
How Allison blends approaches for online care
Allison commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT can be useful for worry, panic symptoms, and mood shifts because it breaks problems into specific patterns to work on.She also uses mindfulness therapy techniques that teach simple breathing and noticing skills. These tools can reduce physical tension and help someone step back from intense feelings in the moment.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas are brought in when relationship and attachment concerns come up. That work focuses on understanding emotions that drive interactions and creating different patterns in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Allison will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then adjust methods as therapy progresses. The plan can change if a different focus seems more helpful over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates, ask brief questions, or check in between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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