Allison Petty , LPCC

Allison Petty is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio. She focuses on helping women and others navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and changes in relationships. Allison aims to make therapy practical and understandable for people who feel overwhelmed.

She draws on ten years of clinical experience and a Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling from Ursuline College. Creativity and personal expression are part of her work, and she often invites clients to use art or other hands-on practices to discover new ways forward. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs.

Allison mixes several approaches to match what a client prefers and needs. She commonly uses client-centered principles to build trust, cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and dialectical behavior strategies to manage strong emotions. Mindfulness and Jungian ideas also inform her perspective when they fit a client’s goals.

Her background includes experience in shelters, outpatient community programs, private practice, hospitals, jails, and prisons. That range means she has worked with people facing substance use, trauma, legal challenges, and serious life transitions. She shares practical resources and skills between sessions to support daily coping.

Allison aims to listen without judgment and to help people act on goals that matter to them. She focuses on clear steps clients can try between sessions, along with gentle exploration of deeper patterns when useful. The result is a straightforward, compassionate way to get unstuck and move forward.

Approaches that guide online work and how they help

Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship and helps people feel heard while they decide what changes to make. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete tools to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic habits. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills useful for strong emotions and relationship challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Allison will collaborate with each person to try methods that match their goals and personality. Together they will review what helps, adjust techniques, and pick tools that fit day-to-day life and long-term aims.

Online sessions let people access therapy from different settings. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions suit those who need lower bandwidth or a simpler check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to send quick updates, ask for coping ideas between sessions, or fit support into a busy schedule. These options increase flexibility so therapy can fit work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.