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Trauma-Informed and Psychoanalytic Approach

Alison’s therapeutic approach integrates trauma-informed care with psychoanalytic understanding and modern evidence-based modalities. She is particularly interested in how early experiences, internal dynamics, and unconscious patterns shape present-day emotions, behaviors, and relationships.

She works collaboratively with clients to increase awareness of internal processes while ensuring therapy remains grounded, paced, and emotionally safe. Alison draws from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and EMDR to support emotional regulation, trauma processing, and integration. This blend allows clients to explore deeper meaning while also developing practical skills for everyday life.

Areas of Focus

Alison supports individuals and couples navigating a range of concerns, including:

Her work focuses on helping clients move beyond automatic or reactive patterns and develop greater choice, clarity, and emotional resilience.

Couples Counselling with Alison

In couples counselling, Alison helps partners move beneath surface-level conflict to better understand the emotional and relational patterns driving their interactions. She supports couples in developing insight into their individual dynamics while strengthening communication, empathy, and emotional safety.

Alison works with couples who are motivated to reflect on their roles within the relationship and are open to making internal shifts that support external change. Her approach emphasizes accountability, understanding, and collaboration, helping couples create more intentional and connected relationships.

Who Works Best with Alison

Alison works best with individuals and couples who are open to new perspectives and willing to engage in meaningful self-reflection. Her ideal clients are curious about their internal world and motivated to explore how their inner dynamics influence their relationships, emotions, and decisions.

Clients who value depth, thoughtfulness, and a collaborative therapeutic relationship often find Alison to be a good fit.

Professional Background

Alison’s counselling work is informed by a strong foundation in clinical psychology and a trauma-informed lens that prioritizes safety, depth, and collaboration. She brings a thoughtful and steady presence to therapy, supporting clients in understanding the internal patterns that shape emotions, relationships, and decision-making. Alison believes meaningful change begins with awareness and develops through intentional, compassionate work.

Her clinical experience has strengthened her respect for each client’s unique history and capacity for growth. Alison approaches therapy as a process of discovery, helping individuals and couples move beyond reactive cycles and toward greater emotional clarity, regulation, and connection. She values therapy that is both reflective and practical, offering insight alongside tools that support real-world change.

  • EMDR Basic Training, EMDRIA-Approved Program (2024)
  • Autism and Behavioural Science, Durham College (2021)
  • Addiction Treatment and Prevention, Georgian College(2021)
  • Master’s in Clinical Psychology, University of Pune (2017)

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