Alison Sowerby, BACP

Alison Sowerby is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She offers one-to-one support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief and life changes. Alison aims to make the first step into therapy feel straightforward and manageable.

She keeps sessions simple and focused. Alison creates an open space where clients can speak without fear of judgement. She is a Christian and will discuss Bible matters when that is relevant to a client.

Alison uses client-centred listening alongside practical tools from cognitive behavioural approaches. She also draws on mindfulness and body-focused somatic methods to help with stress, sleep problems and physical tension. These methods are used to help people notice patterns and try small changes between sessions.

Her practice supports people working through relationship difficulties connected to intimacy, separation or bereavement. She also helps with ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, chronic illness and issues such as guilt, shame or low self-esteem. Alison pays attention to communication problems and caregiver stress.

Sessions focus on what a person wants to change here and now, and on small, practical steps to make daily life easier. Clients can expect clear, plain talk and gentle guidance rather than technical jargon. The aim is to help people regain a sense of direction and more manageable routines.

How Alison's approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist follows the person's lead, helping them talk through what matters most and develop their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers simple, practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and breathing exercises to reduce stress and to notice feelings without getting swept up by them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alison will discuss options and try methods that fit a person's needs, goals and preferences. She treats the choice of approach as collaborative and adjusts methods as progress is made.

Specific session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make fitting therapy into everyday life easier by removing travel time, allowing quieter check-ins during breaks and letting people choose whether to use video or less bandwidth-dependent contact if that suits them. Registered and accredited professionals often find these practical benefits help maintain steady progress while juggling work, family and health commitments.