Alice Howard
Compassionate, practical therapy for major life challenges
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About Alice
Alice Howard offers calm, practical help for people facing addiction, trauma, grief and issues linked to sexual and gender identity. She writes in plain language and focuses on what matters to each person. Her style centres on listening, helping people notice their strengths, and supporting small steps toward change.
Alice has 16 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works from the view that the client knows their own life best, and she helps people use that knowledge to move forward.
Background and approach
She holds the NCPS credential, which appears with her professional details. In sessions she uses a mix of approaches depending on what each person needs. That can include practical skills to manage upsetting thoughts and feelings, and ways of looking at patterns that affect relationships and behaviour.
She aims to make therapy straightforward and focused on everyday life. Alice often supports people coping with eating concerns, body image, and the stresses that come with chronic illness or caregiving. She also works with those affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, and aspects of alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink.
Her work covers attachment-related difficulties, communication problems, commitment concerns and codependency. People also come to her for help with autism and Asperger syndrome, antisocial and avoidant personality traits, cancer-related distress, and other long-term challenges.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 16
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- AH00P16
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Alice's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Alice works with
Everything Alice lists, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- 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
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- 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
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alice lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Alice works online
She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current reactions. This can help when communication problems, commitment worries or abandonment issues are part of the concern.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit best with a person’s goals, needs and preferences. That may mean trying different techniques and adjusting the focus over time.
Session logistics should be checked before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. Confirm which session types are offered and how they are scheduled. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits your routine. It can also allow sessions without being on camera, or with lower bandwidth, if that helps make therapy easier to attend.
Questions and answers
What sorts of problems can Alice help with?
She works with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns and LGBT issues, along with related topics like body image and chronic illness.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Alice listens and treats people as experts in their own lives, then offers practical steps and reflection to support change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
The biography lists NCPS as a credential and states practice in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm available formats before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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