Alison Baxter , NCPS

Alison Baxter is a counsellor who helps people who feel stuck, anxious or overwhelmed. She speaks plainly and listens carefully to what matters most. People come to her with stress, relationship pain, trauma, low self-esteem or grief. Alison uses a mix of approaches to suit each person she meets.

Alison works with problems such as depression, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, career uncertainty and anger. She also supports people coping with loss, intimacy-related issues, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include attachment problems, body image, communication and feelings of emptiness.

She trained with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, NCPS. Alison has four years of clinical experience working with adults in the United Kingdom. Her background includes short-term counselling and longer-term psychotherapy tailored to individual needs.

In sessions she blends client-centred listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural approaches and attachment-based thinking. That means she helps people name patterns, try small changes and practise new ways of coping between meetings.

Alison aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. She offers video, phone, live chat and text sessions for people in the UK and internationally. The working style is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort and goals.

How Alison’s approaches work online

Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and where they came from. It helps people understand why they repeat certain behaviours and try different ways of relating. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what a person says so they can find their own solutions. It is useful for building self-trust and clarity. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, helps break down unhelpful thoughts and behaviours into small steps to change. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and managing stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Alison will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people see body language and work in depth, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or times when writing helps reflection. These options give flexibility for work breaks, travel or caring responsibilities and allow different ways of connecting with a therapist.