Alison Simone, BACP

Alison Simone is a counsellor who focuses on thoughts and everyday habits to help people manage stress, anxiety and life changes. She works with issues such as depression, relationship strain, grief and addiction. Alison uses straightforward conversation to help clients spot patterns and try different ways of responding. With nine years of experience practising in the United Kingdom, she draws on a mix of approaches rather than a single method. Sessions often look at current problems and past influences so clients gain a clearer sense of why they think and act as they do. Alison names Client-Centred, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Existential, Mindfulness and Narrative approaches among the tools she uses. Her style is respectful and down-to-earth. She tailors discussions and plans to each person, focusing on concrete steps that can change everyday routines and thinking. That includes practical strategies to improve sleep, appetite, concentration and coping when emotions run high. Alison also works with people facing family-related stress, parenting pressures, attachment and abandonment concerns, and effects of trauma and abuse. She can support those dealing with body image, eating and alcohol or drug-related problems alongside relationship and communication difficulties. She holds BACP as her listed credential and works in the UK. If you are nervous about starting, she acknowledges that first step and aims to make early sessions clear and manageable.

How Alison’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred therapy focuses on respectful listening and helping people lead the conversation about what matters to them; it is useful for building trust and sorting priorities. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) emphasises identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours with practical exercises, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice and values, helping people who are wrestling with life direction or a sense of purpose.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted over time so sessions feel relevant and useful.

The original biography did not list specific session formats, so please confirm which online options are offered before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit conversations into busy lives, allow for shorter check-in sessions when needed, and remove travel time so people can attend from wherever they are based. Registered or accredited professionals commonly adapt exercises, mindfulness practices and CBT worksheets for remote sessions so the same kinds of tools can be used even when meeting online.