Alison Gordon, BACP

Alison Gordon is a BACP-registered therapist based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She has worked in both hospital and community mental health settings for around 15 years and sees people for a wide range of difficulties including stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, low self-esteem, depression, addictions and anger.

Alison describes therapy as a practical conversation where clients bring their story and strengths. She aims to help people notice patterns that cause repeated upset and to try different ways of responding. Sessions focus on what matters to the person in daily life, from work pressure to relationship tension.

Her background includes training across multiple approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), person-centred work and trauma-focused methods. Alison says she keeps learning because different tools help in different situations, and she draws on these options when they suit a person’s goals.

In practice she helps people with both immediate coping - for example calming intense emotion - and longer-term change like shifting avoidance or improving communication. She also works with issues related to grief, intimacy, eating and sleeping, ADHD, career changes and compassion fatigue.

Alison presents therapy as collaborative. She invites people to notice small shifts, try practical skills between sessions, and reflect on what helps them feel more able to manage emotion and stress. International clients may be accepted and sessions are run according to current online options.

Practical therapy approaches used online