Alison Chrun, LMFT - Therapist in California

About Alison

Alison Chrun is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, and parenting challenges. Alison takes a calm, direct approach that aims to make each session feel manageable and useful.

She listens first and adapts to what each person needs. Alison blends practical tools with reflective conversation so that clients can try small changes between sessions. Her style is warm and steady while also encouraging forward steps toward clearer goals.

Background and approach

Alison uses evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try alternative responses. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas and solution-focused methods to build action plans that fit daily life. Sessions focus on skills you can practice right away as well as on shifting perspectives over time.

With eight years of clinical experience, Alison has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and emotional abuse, grief, intimacy issues, postpartum depression, and complications around fertility and separation. She pays attention to how stress affects thinking, relationships, and parenting, and helps clients find clearer priorities and next steps. Conversations are practical and collaborative.

Alison aims to make therapy feel like a partnership where small, steady changes add up. She offers multiple session formats to fit different schedules and communication preferences.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Alison uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. This approach breaks problems into manageable parts and is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and small committed actions; it helps people live in line with what matters even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. Mindfulness-based work is also part of her practice, teaching simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alison will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is tracked over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Those options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to keep momentum between meetings. Using multiple formats can help clients practice skills in real time and stay connected when in-person visits are difficult.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Alison commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and many related concerns such as codependency, communication problems, postpartum depression, and life purpose.

What is her general therapeutic approach and style?

Her style is warm and pragmatic. Sessions combine mindfulness, cognitive behavioral techniques, solution-focused planning, and acceptance strategies to help clients try concrete changes.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has eight years of experience providing therapy. That background includes work with trauma, emotional abuse, grief, fertility-related stress, and relationship concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, CA LMFT 107977, and practices in California.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.

How are costs and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; therapy is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 8 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English

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