Alison Sowerby, BACP

Alison Sowerby is a UK-based counsellor with BACP registration and eight years of professional experience. She offers straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and the everyday strains that make life feel harder. Alison welcomes conversations about faith when clients want that included in therapy.

She aims to make the room relaxed and non-judgemental. Alison helps people talk through painful events such as grief, trauma and relationship worries. She also works with issues like self-esteem, sleep problems, parenting stress, ADHD-related challenges and coping with life changes.

Her sessions focus on listening first and then finding small, practical steps that feel doable. Techniques draw on client-centred ways of working alongside cognitive behavioural ideas, mindfulness and body-based (somatic) approaches where useful. Clients set the pace and the topics that matter most to them.

Alison describes therapy as a team effort. She supports people to build confidence, manage strong emotions such as anger, and to make changes that suit their daily life. She can include faith perspectives when asked, and adapts her approach to each person’s priorities.

People interested in working together are guided through a short matching process and can arrange sessions once matched. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and Alison is available to work with people in the United Kingdom and international clients who prefer English.

How Alison’s approaches work in online therapy

Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of each session. The therapist listens without judging, reflects what she hears, and helps people explore what matters to them. This approach helps when someone needs a calm space to sort through feelings and choices.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Sessions often include simple exercises and small experiments to try between meetings, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep issues.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Alison will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and comfort level. She encourages a pace that feels manageable and checks in about what is and isn’t helpful.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as specific options are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week and can reduce travel time. Some formats also allow shorter check-ins or audio-only sessions when that better suits someone’s day. Registered or accredited professionals like Alison aim to blend approach and practicalities so therapy fits into everyday life.