Alison Fraser
Experienced BACP counsellor for stress and trauma
About Alison
Alison Fraser helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She offers a calm and empathetic presence for adults and young people needing practical support with everyday problems. She has 20 years of professional experience working in mental health.
Her background includes work in the NHS and running a independent practice. She has also run a mental health charity that received local recognition and has published work that other services have used as examples of strong practice.
Background and approach
Clients come to Alison for help with stress, anxiety and low mood. She supports people facing trauma, addiction and eating difficulties. She also works with concerns such as grief, intimacy issues, sleeping problems, self-esteem and career uncertainty.
Her style is warm and non-judgemental. Sessions focus on developing insight and practical steps that fit daily life. Alison uses a mix of approaches to suit each person's needs and situation.
Alison is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works from the United Kingdom and provides therapy in English. International clients are accepted and she offers several online session formats.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What Alison works with
How Alison works
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Sessions & fees
How Alison’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on chosen values and small, consistent actions to build a more meaningful daily routine, which can help with anxiety, depression and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It uses practical exercises and simple experiments to change unhelpful patterns, which can suit issues like stress, low mood and sleep problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before, then try methods that feel right. She adapts the plan as progress is made so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions can make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and hold longer conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, reflection between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to keep consistent contact with a registered or accredited professional.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
