Counsellor profile
Alison May, BACP
Based in United Kingdom · 6 years of experience
Counsellor for relationships, trauma and identity
Continue with AlisonAt a glance
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom (396862)
- Qualifications
- BACP
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Alison supplied to BetterHelp.
- Anxiety and depression
- LGBT and gender
- ADHD and autism
About Alison
BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). Alison May has six years' experience as a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She works with issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and stress, and she supports people facing life changes and parenting concerns.
Alison describes her work as integrative, drawing on different therapy approaches to fit each person. She believes clients are the experts in their own story and treats counselling as a collaborative process. She emphasises clear, practical conversations about what is happening now and what could change.
Her practice includes work around LGBT issues, sexuality and gender, and intimacy-related concerns. She also lists specialties in ADHD, autism and neurodiversity, adoption and foster care, abandonment and attachment issues, and body image and self-esteem.
Alison states she is an ally to people of colour and trans people, and that she has lived experience alongside professional experience with LGBT+ and neurodiverse clients. She also notes focus areas such as compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, chronic illness and blended family concerns.
In sessions she uses methods drawn from attachment-based, client-centred, existential, narrative and psychodynamic approaches. That means she may look at relationship patterns, personal meaning, life story and present feelings to help people understand themselves and move forward.
How Alison’s approaches translate to online counselling
Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships affect feelings and behaviour, and it can help with attachment issues, intimacy-related concerns and relationship patterns. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening, reflecting and supporting a person’s own choices; it can help when someone wants a non-directive space to talk through decisions and feelings. Narrative therapy helps people look at the stories they tell about themselves and consider different ways of living those stories, which can be useful for identity, trauma and life-change work.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alison describes counselling as a collaborative process and will discuss which methods fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences. She uses conversational and exploratory techniques so clients can see what helps and what to try next.
The practical benefits of remote sessions depend on the formats Alison offers. The biography does not specify formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family life, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt these approaches to work over distance and help clients apply insights from sessions into everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She lists anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, stress and coping with life changes among her core areas.
How would she describe her counselling style?
She works in an integrative way and treats counselling as collaborative, using different approaches to suit each person.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years' experience working as a counsellor.
Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?
She is listed with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She accepts international clients.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin counselling with her?
Click the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
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