Alison Faraday, BACP

Alison Faraday is a counsellor who helps people who are struggling with relationships and caring roles. She supports people dealing with relationship strain, low self-esteem, anxiety, stress, depression, grief, addiction and the pressures of caring for others. She also works with issues connected to parenting, intimacy, eating and sleeping problems, and challenges linked to ADHD and trauma.

Alison listens with a patient, straightforward style. She helps people understand their situation and spot small, manageable changes they can try. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer communication rather than long labels or jargon. Many clients come for help with setting boundaries, coping with life changes, or rebuilding trust after loss or betrayal.

Her background includes three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. She practices in the United Kingdom and is open to working with international clients. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, so people can choose the rhythm that suits them.

Alison draws on a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She may use attachment-informed thinking to look at relationship patterns, client-centred techniques to follow what matters most to the person, and cognitive behavioural ideas to try new thinking and behaviours. She works collaboratively to set goals and to check progress over time.

To begin, a person chooses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions according to Alison’s availability. Confirm the current session formats before booking so arrangements meet your needs.

How Alison's approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and the ways early connections shape how people relate now. It can help when trust, closeness or caregiving roles feel difficult or confusing. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on what matters most to the person in the room; the counsellor listens and follows the client’s pace to build understanding and confidence. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and then tries practical steps to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood or stress.

Finding the right approach is often part of the early sessions. Alison works collaboratively to agree what to try first, checks how things are going, and adapts methods to fit goals and preferences. The aim is to match approach to the problem and to the person, not to force a single way of working.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins on difficult days. Some people find short, focused sessions fit a work break, while others prefer longer time to talk things through; Alison and a client can decide together what works best.