Alison Kennedy, BACP

Alison Kennedy offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or intimacy concerns. She writes plainly and listens closely so people can say what matters. Alison aims to help clients feel steadier, clearer and more able to make choices that suit their lives.

With 12 years of experience, Alison draws on several well-known counselling approaches. She uses client-centred work to follow each person's lead, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values. She also uses attachment-focused ideas when relationships and early experiences are part of the problem.

Sessions focus on practical steps and simple skills as well as understanding patterns. Conversations cover coping with grief, trauma or abuse, problems with sleep and eating, navigating separation and divorce, and managing anger or low self-esteem. Alison also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiving stress, body image and commitment worries.

People can expect a down-to-earth style and a mix of short-term techniques and longer conversations about what matters most. Alison aims to make therapy manageable for busy lives and for people at different stages of change.

She works from the United Kingdom and offers appointments that suit different schedules. Sessions are held in English. Alison is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

How Alison’s approaches work online

Alison commonly combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings while focusing on chosen values and small actions that matter. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.

She also uses client-centred ways of working, which means the conversation is guided by the person in front of her. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy. Alison will talk with each client about goals and preferences, then agree a plan that feels suitable and realistic together.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit easily into a lunch break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messages work well for brief check-ins, notes between sessions or when written reflection helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or different time zones and help people keep momentum between appointments.