Alison Kennedy, BACP

Alison Kennedy offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief or major life changes. She writes plainly and listens closely so conversations stay focused on what matters to each person. Alison holds BACP accreditation and brings 12 years of clinical experience to her practice.

Her approach is person-centred and integrative. Sessions begin with simple questions about what the person wants to change and what feels most helpful right now. From there she adapts methods to match the client’s needs, drawing on a mix of proven approaches rather than one fixed method.

In practice Alison helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try more useful ways of responding. She supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy issues, sleep or eating concerns, caregiver stress and long-term health problems. Conversations also cover family dynamics, communication problems and coping after separation.

Sessions tend to be practical and collaborative. Clients work on small, achievable steps between meetings alongside reflecting on deeper feelings and attachment patterns. The aim is to reduce distress while building skills to manage future challenges.

Alison works with people across the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. She uses plain language in sessions and encourages people to take therapy at a pace that suits them.

How Alison’s approaches translate to online therapy

Alison draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings and focus on values-based actions despite them, which can help with anxiety, depression and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect current reactions, useful for intimacy and communication problems. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises empathic listening and collaboration so the person directs the pace and topics of sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Alison treats it as a shared task. She will discuss goals, preferences and what has worked before, then suggest methods to try together. That way each person helps shape their own plan rather than being given a fixed programme.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into everyday life by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day, or making it easier to meet when mobility or health issues make travel harder. Registered or accredited professionals can still use a collaborative, structured approach to help with skill-building, emotion regulation and processing difficult experiences in an online setting.