About Allison
Allison Petty is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She writes and talks about practical steps people can take. Her manner is warm and collaborative, and she focuses on meeting each person where they are.
Allison draws on creative methods alongside evidence-based techniques. She encourages personal expression and may use art or other creative outlets to help people think differently about problems. Sessions aim to produce clear, manageable tools for dealing with day-to-day stress, worry, and relationship strain.
Background and approach
Her approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral ideas and elements of dialectical behavior therapy. That means Allison listens first, then works with clients to test new thoughts and habits. Mindfulness and parts of Jungian therapy inform exploration of meaning and personal patterns when those topics are useful.
She has about 10 years of experience across many settings, including community programs, hospitals, shelters, and correctional facilities. That background gives her familiarity with addiction, trauma, grief, and complicated life transitions. Allison also supports people working through sexuality and relationship questions, including non-monogamy and kink-related concerns.
People meet Allison for straightforward conversations, practical skills, and creative problem solving. She shares resources and homework when it helps, and adjusts methods based on each person’s needs. If someone is looking for a calm, expressive, and hands-on counseling style, she may be a good fit.
How Allison’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Allison commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in sessions. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and following what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and shapes goals around their priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when people need concrete emotion regulation and interpersonal tools. DBT skills teach practical steps for tolerating distress, improving emotional control, and communicating more clearly, which can be helpful for anger, relationship strain, and strong mood shifts. Finding the right mix is collaborative. Allison will talk with clients about their goals and try approaches that fit their needs and preferences. Together they track what helps and adjust methods as progress is made. Online sessions make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for brief check-ins, writing out thoughts, or following up between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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