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Online therapist

Alison Smith

Compassionate counseling for life and relationships

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
8 years
Licensed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Alison

Alison Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with eight years of experience. She draws on direct, practical work to help people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or worn down by relationships and life stress. Alison speaks plainly and focuses on what can change now.

She aims to make the first conversation feel manageable for a worried parent or partner reading on a phone. Her background includes clinical training in counseling and lived experience managing significant family health challenges.

Background and approach

Alison emphasizes clear, step-by-step work over jargon. She helps clients sort priorities, set boundaries, and find small ways to ease daily pressure. In sessions she uses client-centered care and cognitive-behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and build useful habits.

She also draws on narrative and motivational tools to reshape how people tell their own stories and find reasons to move forward. Sessions often include practical homework and simple skills practice. Alison works with concerns such as relationship problems, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, grief, addictions, and intimacy-related issues.

She also addresses parenting stress, career questions, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can name problems and try new responses. Therapy with her is collaborative and straightforward.

She helps clients set clear goals and checks progress as work continues. The focus is on usable strategies that make daily life easier and relationships clearer.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person where they are. It creates a space for clients to talk through feelings and make choices that feel right to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. It teaches concrete tools to change thoughts and test new actions in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs. She treats the choice of approach as a collaboration and checks in regularly to see what is helping and what needs to shift.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, handle sudden questions between meetings, and get regular support from a licensed professional without long travel. The focus remains on practical strategies and steady progress, delivered in ways that suit each person’s life.

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.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Alison address?
She works with issues such as relationship strain, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, grief, addictions, intimacy concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style like?
Her style is straightforward and supportive, using plain language and step-by-step strategies. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer thinking, and small behavior changes.
What relevant experience does she bring?
Alison has eight years of counseling experience and has worked with a range of concerns including communication problems, parenting stress, and trauma-related issues.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Georgia. The license is listed as GA LPC LPC012154.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
8 years
Licensed
Georgia
Languages
English

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