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Alison Gordon, BACP

Alison Gordon is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
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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 hospital and community settings, and that work led her into a therapy career. Alison focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or facing life changes.

She also supports people coping with relationship strains, addiction concerns, low self-esteem and trauma-related problems. Her background includes many years of training across several therapy approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR), and trauma-focused work.

Background and approach

Alison draws on these methods to tailor sessions to each person's situation, using straightforward tools and clear explanations. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the client’s needs. In the room she treats people as the experts in their own lives and looks for practical steps that build on existing strengths.

Conversations focus on useful skills, coping strategies and clearer ways to manage difficult thoughts and feelings. She aims to make the process approachable and manageable for someone feeling overwhelmed. Alison has experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns including parenting stress, caregiver fatigue, eating and sleeping difficulties, chronic illness, and neurodiversity-related challenges such as autism and ADHD.

Her work also covers attachment and abandonment issues, blended family dynamics and communication problems. People can expect a calm, respectful approach that balances emotional understanding with practical change work. Alison helps clients set achievable goals and supports them as they try new ways of coping and relating.

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Registration

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BACP	176675	June 2027

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Alison lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Traumatic brain injury
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Alison names

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How Alison blends therapy approaches online

Alison draws on trauma-focused therapy to help people process distressing memories and reduce their ongoing impact. This approach involves careful pacing and techniques aimed at breaking the hold of past events on day-to-day life.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people clarify their values and take small steps towards a more meaningful life. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts while choosing actions that matter to the individual.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Alison will discuss options with each person and shape the plan around their goals, preferences and what feels manageable. That collaboration helps people try different tools and adjust the focus over time.

Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions suit those who prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.

Frequently asked

What concerns does Alison help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family difficulties, addictions, self-esteem and many related issues such as caregiver stress and body image.

What is her style of therapy like?

Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. Alison uses practical tools, reflective listening and tailored tasks to help people manage feelings and develop new coping strategies.

How long has she been practising?

She has 11 years of professional experience and has also worked in hospital and community mental health settings for around 15 years in total.

What credentials and where is she based?

Alison is a BACP Therapist and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). She is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international clients are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the UK.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

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