Alison Spencer
Calm, practical counselling and hypnotherapy
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About Alison
Alison Spencer is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She has three years of professional experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. Alison focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, low self-esteem and depression.
She works from a person-centred stance, putting the client at the heart of sessions and creating an accepting space to talk without judgment. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy approaches and psychodynamic ideas to help people notice patterns in thoughts and behaviours.
Background and approach
Alison is a qualified hypnotherapist and integrates that skill when appropriate. Sessions are practical and conversational. Alison helps clients break problems into manageable steps and build small routines that reduce overwhelm.
She supports people to name emotions, try new ways of responding, and review what works between sessions. Clients who want to explore past experiences alongside present difficulties can use psychodynamic ideas to track repeated patterns. Those needing hands-on strategies to manage anxiety or low mood may focus more on cognitive behavioural techniques.
Hypnotherapy is offered as an additional tool when it fits a person’s goals. Alison encourages a collaborative approach to therapy. She aims to help people feel more confident in daily life and move steadily towards personal goals.
If you want to start, follow the site’s process to match with her and book an initial session.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 3
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Registration number
- 410658, NCS21-00872
- Languages
- English
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Alison's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Alison works with
Everything Alison lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
How Alison works online
Cognitive behavioural techniques give practical strategies to manage unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Online work can include agreed exercises between sessions, mood tracking and step-by-step plans to reduce anxiety or low mood.
Psychodynamic ideas look at repeated patterns and early influences on current feelings. In online sessions this may mean gentle exploration of past experiences alongside present difficulties to identify long-standing themes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss what feels most helpful and adapt methods to match the client’s needs, goals and preferences in a collaborative way.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare and travel. It also allows shorter check-ins, quieter scheduling at suitable times and reduces the need to commute, which helps make therapy more manageable alongside everyday life.
Questions and answers
What sorts of concerns does Alison help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, low self-esteem and depression, plus related issues such as body image, caregiver stress and chronic illness.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is person-centred, with practical elements from cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic ideas. She also offers hypnotherapy as an extra option when suitable.
What experience does she have?
She has three years of professional counselling experience working with the issues listed in her profile.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and practises in the United Kingdom.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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