- Calm practical support
- Strengths focused
- Collaborative care
About Alison
Alison Gordon is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She began working in mental health in both hospital and community settings, which led her to pursue further training and a counselling career. Alison focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable.
Alison uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people understand their difficulties. She treats clients as the expert in their own lives and works alongside them to build on strengths and resources. Sessions often centre on setting realistic goals, improving everyday coping, and finding clearer ways to communicate needs.
Her background includes work with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger and career challenges. Alison also supports people facing ADHD, codependency, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care matters, chronic illness and caregiving stress, and body image and control issues.
Alison draws on a number of therapeutic approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Client-Centred methods, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. She keeps learning to broaden the ways she can help people tackle their problems.
Her style is calm and collaborative. Alison helps people break problems into small steps and practise new ways of coping. If someone wants a practical, down-to-earth counsellor who values their experience, Alison offers that steady support.
Approaches that translate well to online counselling
Alison uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can reduce anxiety and lift mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and practical action, helping people live more in line with what matters to them despite difficult feelings. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationships affect current connections and helps people build healthier ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is usually a team effort. Alison will talk through your goals and preferences and suggest options that fit your situation. Together you can try methods and adjust the plan if something does not feel helpful.
The biography does not specify which online formats are used, so please confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals often find that many talking therapies adapt well to remote work, while practical exercises and skills practice can be done between sessions to build progress.
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Experience
11+ years
Credentials
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Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns can I bring to sessions?
Alison works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, grief, trauma and addictions. She also supports people dealing with codependency, ADHD and caregiver stress.
What is the therapeutic style like?
Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative, focusing on practical steps and building on personal strengths. Conversations tend to be goal-focused and paced to suit each person.
How long has she been practising?
Alison has 11 years of professional counselling experience and has worked in mental health settings for around 15 years in total.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a BACP Therapist and a registered member of the BACP, based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Alison?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.