About Alison

My practical, direct yet compassionate approach to my work results in a blend of psychology and pragmatism that gives positive outcomes in one session.

A Fellow of The Royal Society for Public Health, a Registered Accredited Member of the BACP, and a Professional Member of ACTO,  I also contribute to BBC Radio 5Live and local radio on the subject of Mental Health.

I am an experienced and accredited counsellor with a Foundation Degree in Humanistic Counselling with Transactional Analysis (TA).

My coaching training and experience preceded this, gained when I worked as a Contract Director in a multinational tech company.

As a Humanistic Counsellor Coach my philosophy is:

 I believe in the inherent goodness and potential of every human being.

• I respect the autonomy and uniqueness of each client and work with them as an equal partner.
• I strive to create a safe, warm, and non-judgmental space for the client to explore their feelings and thoughts.
• I offer empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard to the client, which help them find their own answers and solutions.
• I focus on the client’s present experience and relationship with the world, rather than their past or diagnosis.
• I help the client discover their values, strengths, and meaning in life, and support them to achieve their goals and fulfil their potential.

This philosophy led me to set up A Good Place, my successful private practice, more than ten years ago on Poundbury, Dorchester … with King Charles as my landlord.

I have always worked online, supporting many clients living abroad, and when Covid Restrictions were in place, I smoothly moved all my work online via Zoom or Teams video, and telephone.

I am currently working solely online.

I have been working as a counsellor for over 14 years, providing support to individuals and groups in various settings, such as schools, charities, the NHS, GP surgeries, workplaces.

I have experience in working with a range of issues, such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma, and relationship problems.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, which recognises my more-than 5 years experience, and qualifications, in the support of good public health. I am an Accredited Counsellor which means that I have demonstrated my original training is thorough and of good standard. Every year I demonstrate my competence and have rigorous continuing professional development, checked by my Professional Body.

A few of my additional counselling trainings and interests are:

• CBT

• Critical Incident De-briefing

• NLP

• Neuroscience

• Right Brain training

• Grief and bereavement support

• The Artist’s Way

By blending these with my business acumen and training, such as Cranfield School of Management, I developed the Self-Contained session model.

I have delivered many hundreds of hours to many hundreds of clients in their workplace or in my private practice.

With my background in the corporate world, I understand the challenges of being aleader – whether business owner or manager. Where we feel we have to solve every problem, where we can’t have an ‘off-day’. Where our livelihood depends on us being on top form all the time.

Where others’ livelihoods depend on us being on top form all the time.

As a Humanistic practitioner I offer a warm, and non-judgmental space for you to explore your feelings and thoughts, and to find your own answers and solutions.

Based on my experience and training, I will identify what could be a good focus to ease your distress, and I will propose a tactic to do that. I will explain the rationale and the benefits of the tactic and guide you through it step by step.

To find out more, please email or telephone me.

And if you’re ready to take the first step to transform your life, book a no-cost Discovery Call here where we can see how we might work together.

Warmly,