About Alison
Alison Fraser is a counsellor with 20 years of experience who supports adults and young people through difficult life moments. She offers a warm, empathic space without judgement and aims to help people feel steadier and clearer about their next steps.
Alison has worked across NHS services and in the community as a mental health therapist, trauma specialist, addictions therapist and eating‑disorders therapist. She has run a mental health charity and provided counselling in schools and neighbourhood settings.
Background and approach
Her work has been published and recognised for clinical excellence. In sessions she uses plain language and practical techniques. Conversations focus on what is happening now, what matters most to the person, and small steps that can ease distress.
She listens for patterns from childhood and relationships and links these to current struggles when that is helpful. Her approach draws on somatic ideas, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment work alongside client‑centred and cognitive techniques. That mix helps with anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, low mood, addictions and more.
Alison adapts methods to each person rather than following one fixed model. Alison also supports people with issues such as grief, parenting strain, body image concerns, chronic illness, ADHD and career changes. She aims to build understanding, increase coping options and help people make manageable changes.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
How Alison’s approaches work online
Alison blends somatic ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed work to help people who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Somatic ideas focus on how the body holds stress and use simple awareness of breath, posture and sensation to ease tension and ground a person. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them and take small actions aligned with those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current patterns, helping people understand why they repeat certain responses and learn new ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison will talk with each person about their needs and goals, and then try methods together to see what helps. She adapts techniques over time and invites feedback so therapy stays useful and collaborative.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy or remote lives. Sessions can be taken by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging when that format fits better. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and health demands while still accessing consistent support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English