Allison Hartman
Compassionate help for family and relationship challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Allison
Allison Hartman is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. She helps people tackle relationship and family problems, manage stress and anxiety, and work through trauma and abuse. Her approach is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical change in daily life.
Many clients come for help with parenting, self-esteem, addictions, grief, eating concerns, and life transitions. Allison keeps sessions focused and straightforward. She builds an open space where clients can say what they think and feel without pressure.
Background and approach
Conversations often center on what is happening now and what can be changed next. She helps clients set small goals and practice new responses between sessions. Her background includes licensed work in New York and New Jersey, and she has supported people with ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses attachment and blended family issues, communication problems, and divorce or separation topics. Practical tools and skills are a common part of her work. Clients may find she combines problem-solving with emotional support.
She uses approaches that aim to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Sessions can address career stress, fertility and family of origin concerns, body image and eating-related issues, and recovery from sexual assault. Allison practices in New Jersey and conducts sessions in English.
She emphasizes a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the work. Taking the first step is often the hardest part, and she aims to make that step clearer and more manageable.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Allison uses evidence-based techniques that are practical and action-oriented. One approach focuses on skill-building for emotion management and stress reduction, teaching simple strategies people can use between sessions to handle anxiety, anger, or mood swings. Another approach centers on improving communication and problem-solving within families, working on clear requests, boundary setting, and healthier interaction patterns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Allison will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online work offers flexibility for busy family lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, while phone, live chat, and text messaging provide alternatives when schedules or comfort levels make video difficult. These options make it easier to fit sessions into routine days and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
Next step
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