About Alison
Alison Burgess is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and big life changes. She also supports people facing relationship worries, sleep problems, anger, career questions, depression and ADHD. Alison uses a compassionate, practical style to guide clients through difficult moments and decisions.
Alison applies Client-Centred Therapy to make sessions focused on what matters most to each person. She draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, achievable goals and to help people notice progress between sessions.
Background and approach
Internal Family Systems ideas may be used to look at inner parts that influence feelings and actions. Alison holds BACP accreditation, which signals adherence to professional standards in the United Kingdom. She has four years of direct counselling experience with individuals looking for change and clearer coping skills.
Sessions are offered in English and are tailored to each person’s needs. Her approach is conversational and down-to-earth. She works at the client’s pace and uses simple, practical tools rather than jargon.
People who come to Alison typically leave with clearer steps and ideas they can try between sessions. Alison offers therapy for a wide range of concerns including trauma, attachment and caregiver stress. She can help with issues such as abandonment, eating-related concerns, commitment worries and feelings of emptiness.
The focus is on helping individuals find manageable ways forward.
How Alison’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s priorities at the heart of each session. It means the counsellor listens closely, follows the client’s pace and reflects what matters most to them, which can help with anxiety, low self-esteem and grief.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical steps and small changes. Sessions aim to identify achievable goals and notice progress quickly, which can be useful for stress, sleep issues and daily coping strategies.
Internal Family Systems looks at different parts of a person’s inner experience and how those parts affect feelings and behaviour. It can be helpful for trauma responses, attachment concerns and patterns that feel stuck.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison will collaborate with each person to choose which methods suit their goals, needs and comfort level. This is a shared process and plans can be adjusted as therapy goes on.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people see non-verbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in during a busy day, and text-based messaging is useful for ongoing reflection between sessions. These options can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to maintain steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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