About Alison
Alison Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with eight years of counseling experience. She draws on her background in psychology and clinical mental health counseling to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about their next steps.
Her own life experiences, including military service and caring for a child with congenital heart disease, shape a practical, steady approach to hard problems. Alison focuses on clear, conversational work.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps people pick small, doable steps they can practice between sessions. Common concerns she addresses include depression, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, addictions, and attention difficulties such as ADHD. She also helps with self-esteem, career stress, and coping with major life changes.
Her style blends client-centered listening with structured techniques. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides tools to spot unhelpful thinking and change behavior. Narrative and Jungian ideas can help people make sense of hard stories and find clearer direction.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to make a change but feel unsure how to start. Alison often uses creative methods like writing, music, or art to open new ways of working when words alone don't fit. Sessions aim to build skills people can use day to day, not just talk about problems.
She approaches each plan collaboratively and adjusts methods to match practical goals. People who want straightforward guidance and a mix of listening and skill-building tend to find this approach helpful. Alison offers sessions in English and welcomes international clients who prefer remote formats.
Approaches and online options that meet you where you are
Alison works with Client-Centered Therapy to create an accepting, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through their struggles and set personal goals. This approach focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to each person.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is practical for issues like anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and attention-related challenges by teaching clear skills to use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is usually a team effort. Alison discusses goals and preferences and then adapts methods so they fit the person's daily life. She checks in as work progresses and shifts strategies when something isn't helping.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can support quick check-ins, skill practice, or shorter coaching-style sessions that fit a busy schedule. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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