Counsellor profile
Alison Kennedy, BACP
BACP counsellor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Attachment work
About Alison
Alison Kennedy is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common stresses that affect life at home, such as anxiety, relationship strain, parenting pressures, grief, depression, sleep and eating difficulties. Alison also addresses trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem and coping with life changes.
Her approach is integrative and client-centred. That means she works with a few different therapy methods and shapes sessions around what each person brings. Conversations are practical and aimed at helping someone manage day-to-day problems and restore steadier routines at home.
Alison uses techniques drawn from cognitive behavioural ideas to look at thinking patterns and from acceptance and commitment ideas to develop clearer values and small behaviour changes. Attachment-informed material informs how people handle closeness and trust in relationships. Dialectical behaviour strategies are used when emotional regulation and coping skills are needed.
People can expect straightforward talk about specific issues such as parenting stress, blended family challenges, ageing and caregiver strain, or recovery after separation. Alison pays attention to practical steps such as communication patterns, problem-solving and building manageable daily routines.
She works with a wide range of concerns including body image and chronic illness, codependency, dissociation, commitment and control issues. Sessions aim to help a person feel more able to cope with pressing problems at home and to make clearer decisions about next steps.
How sessions work
How Alison uses therapy approaches online
Alison draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed work in her practice. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing small actions that match a person's values, which can help with anxiety, low mood and parenting stress. Attachment-based ideas look at patterns of closeness and trust, and can be useful when relationship strain or intimacy issues are present.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and day-to-day needs. That choice is collaborative and can change as sessions progress.
The original biography does not list which online session formats are used. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions generally make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and medical appointments, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when someone needs them. Many people find remote sessions help maintain continuity of care when life is busy or when they live some distance from a counsellor.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
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What problems does she help with around family life?
She works with stress, relationship strain, parenting pressures, blended family issues, ageing and caregiver stress, and concerns linked to separation and grief.
What kind of therapy style does she use?
Her practice is integrative and client-centred, using a mix of approaches such as CBT, ACT, DBT and attachment-informed work to suit each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience working with people from diverse backgrounds on a wide range of issues.
What professional registration does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, she accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options with the therapist before booking.
How are costs organised?
Cost varies with location and sessions are arranged using a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.