Alison Spencer
Supportive counsellor using person-centred care
About Alison
Alison Spencer is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She has three years of professional experience and helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She works in a person-centred way, putting the client’s experience at the heart of sessions and creating a non-judgemental space to talk.
Alison also uses cognitive and psychodynamic approaches and offers hypnotherapy to complement talking work when appropriate.
Background and approach
She focuses on practical ways to manage difficult feelings while exploring patterns that keep problems repeating. Alison supports people facing a wide range of difficulties. These include abandonment and attachment issues, body image concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and isolation or loneliness.
She also addresses life purpose, midlife challenges and men’s issues. Sessions aim to help people build clearer perspectives and small, steady changes that fit their lives. Conversations tend to be straightforward and collaborative, with an emphasis on what will help day to day.
Clients can expect a blend of practical coping strategies and deeper reflection on past influences. To begin, a short matching process is used to connect people with the right support and to schedule sessions that fit their timetable.
What Alison works with
Sessions & fees
How Alison’s approaches work online
Alison uses a person-centred core alongside cognitive and psychodynamic methods. Person-centred work focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience so they feel heard and can explore goals at their own pace. Cognitive approaches help identify unhelpful thoughts and build small practical steps to reduce anxiety or low mood. Psychodynamic ideas look at patterns that began earlier in life and how these affect current relationships and choices.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose which techniques suit their needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative process means the plan can change as progress is made or new issues come up.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into everyday life. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations; phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or to fit a short check-in into a lunch break. Live chat and text messaging allow more frequent, brief exchanges and can be easier for people who prefer writing. These options give flexibility and help maintain continuity of care when schedules are busy.
| 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
