Alison currently sees children, adolescents, and adults. To create an atmosphere of growth and healing, Alison focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship through a context of emotional and physical safety. Alison explores ways to aid the client in establishing both internal and external safety within one’s relationship with self, God, and others. As an experienced mental health clinician practicing for 15 years, Alison utilizes a variety of unique approaches to find just the right pathway to bring inner healing and emotional health.

You may be seeking counseling for any of the following reasons:

• spiritual, physical, psychological and emotional abuse

• trauma

• shame

• self-compassion

• identity

• anxiety

• depression

• grief and loss

• addictions

• life transitions

• boundaries

• anger management

Specialized Training:

• Internal Family Systems

• EMDR Level I

• Brainspotting Level I and II

  *Both EMDR and Brainspotting are approaches that help to unlock what has been stored as trauma and allows relief from triggers that occur in the present.

  *Link to video on EMDR https://youtu.be/Pkfln-ZtWeY

  *Link to video on Brainspotting https://vimeo.com/186019577?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=57591067

• Play Therapy

• Grief and Loss

• Neuroscience Informed treatment of Anxiety

• Children, Trauma & Repair: Infancy through Adolescence

• Facilitating the Revision of Trauma

Common modalities and interventions utilized:

• Internal Family Systems

• Strength Based Approach

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Narrative Trauma Focused Therapy

• Directive and Non-directive Play Therapy

• Developmental Repair for Complex Trauma

• Grief Therapy and Anticipatory Guidance

• Stress Reduction

• Psychoeducation