Alison Gordon, BACP
Supportive counsellor helping people rewrite their story
Details
| Name | Alison Gordon |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 11 |
About Alison
Alison Gordon is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She has worked in both hospital and community mental health settings for about 15 years, which helped shape her interest in therapeutic work. Alison aims to make starting therapy feel straightforward and manageable for people under pressure.
She draws on a range of approaches, and prefers to listen first to understand each person's story.
Background and approach
Clients are treated as the experts in their own lives, while Alison helps them notice strengths and options for change. Conversations are practical and focused on what matters most to the person in front of her. Alison has supported people with stress, anxiety and depression, and with relationship and family-related concerns.
She also works with issues such as addiction, grief, self-esteem, eating and sleep difficulties, parenting strain, anger and career transition. Additional work covers areas like attachment questions, caregiving stress, chronic health challenges and neurodiversity-related concerns. Her style blends narrative ideas with cognitive and acceptance-based tools, plus attachment-informed thinking.
Sessions tend to be collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Alison encourages small, achievable steps that can make day-to-day life feel more manageable. People often come to her when they want clearer thinking about relationships, greater emotional balance, or practical ways to cope with life changes.
She supports individuals who want to talk through painful events, rethink unhelpful patterns, and build more resilient routines.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Alison works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Alison among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Alison directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Alison directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Practical Therapies Work Online
Alison uses Narrative Therapy to help people retell their life experiences and notice stories that limit them. That approach helps when old patterns or labels are getting in the way of change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to help people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-led steps even when feelings are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people try new ways of connecting and relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alison will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and will suggest ways of combining narrative, acceptance and attachment ideas to suit the situation. She treats therapy as a partnership and adapts her approach as needs change over time.
Online sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls work well for deeper conversations, phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera, live chat can be useful for short check-ins, and messaging allows ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and help people access consistent support wherever they are.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Alison help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, addiction, grief, self-esteem, eating and sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, career changes and ADHD-related difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Conversations are collaborative and grounded in the person's own story. She blends narrative thinking with cognitive and acceptance-based techniques and attachment-informed ideas to find practical ways forward.
How much experience does she have?
Alison has 11 years of professional experience, and around 15 years working in hospital and community mental health settings prior to her current role.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Alison accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and practical needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Alison?
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