- Client-Centred Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Breath work and Focusing
About Alison
Alison French is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with seven years of professional experience. She works with stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem issues. Alison also helps people manage guilt and shame, reconnect with self-love, and think about life purpose after change.
Her practice is grounded in Client-Centred Therapy. That means she listens closely and treats each person as the expert on their own life. Conversations focus on what matters to the client and on practical steps to reduce distress and regain a sense of direction.
Alison draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy when past harm affects day-to-day functioning. She pays attention to how emotional and physical patterns can keep someone stuck, and offers ways to notice and shift those patterns. Breath work and Focusing-Orientated practices are sometimes used to help people feel more present in their bodies and thoughts.
Sessions are collaborative. Alison helps people clarify values and next steps rather than prescribing a fixed plan. She aims to make therapy an opportunity to practise new ways of responding to stress, relationships, and life transitions.
People often come when they feel directionless after a change in work, relationships, or health. Alison supports clients who want clearer priorities, steadier emotions, or relief from past abuse. Her approach keeps practical coping strategies alongside attention to deeper emotional material.
Working online with client-centred and trauma-focused approaches
Alison uses Client-Centred Therapy online to prioritise what the client wants to work on. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people identify their own values and next steps. It can be helpful for stress, low confidence, and questions about life purpose.She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy where past harm affects current day-to-day life. This approach looks at how emotional and physical patterns keep someone stuck, and supports gradual ways to build new responses. It is used with trauma, abuse, and related anxiety or relationship difficulties.
Finding the right way of working is part of the therapy process. Alison will discuss different approaches with the client and decide together what fits best with their needs and preferences. That includes trying practical techniques like breath work or Focusing-Orientated practices if they seem helpful.
Confirm the exact session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to have shorter check-ins when needed. It can also reduce travel and let people work with a registered professional from other locations. Sessions are arranged through the matching and booking steps before the first appointment.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, self-love, life purpose, and sexual assault and abuse.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
Her work is client-centred so conversations focus on the client's priorities. She combines listening with practical tools such as breath work and Focusing-Orientated practices.
What sort of experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working with the listed concerns in the United Kingdom.
What are her credential and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.