About Alison
Alison Marrelli is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people navigate grief, motivation, self-esteem, and the everyday stressors that get in the way of living well. She writes plainly and listens closely to help people find practical ways forward. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she focuses on steady, compassionate support as clients try new strategies.
Alison centers conversations on each person's strengths and history. She treats people as experts on their own lives and builds on what already works.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small changes that add up rather than quick fixes. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, career stress, and ADHD. She also helps with grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, and managing long-term illness or caregiver stress.
Alison brings 12 years of clinical experience in Utah to her work as an LCSW. In session she uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the problem at hand. That can mean setting concrete goals, practicing new habits between visits, and breaking problems into manageable steps.
The goal is clearer choices and more reliable routines. Clients can expect straightforward talk, practical tools, and encouragement to try things that feel doable. Alison aims to make progress feel realistic and sustainable rather than overwhelming.
Practical approaches for online therapy and ADHD support
Alison uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear, manageable change. One common approach is skills-based coaching that teaches routines and strategies to handle daily tasks and stress. This helps with time management, focus challenges, and the overwhelm that often comes with ADHD or busy lives.Another frequent method is problem-focused talk therapy that breaks a difficulty into parts and targets one piece at a time. That can include setting short-term goals, testing a new habit between sessions, and reviewing what worked. These techniques are useful for anxiety, grief, and relationship or career concerns.
Finding the right method is a collaborative process. Alison works with each person to figure out which approaches match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts plans over time so work in session connects to real life outside appointments.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone suits a quieter check-in or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy week.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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