Alison Howarth , PACFA

Alison Howarth is an experienced Australian counsellor with more than 30 years of clinical practice and a PACFA credential - the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia accreditation. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, the ongoing impacts of trauma or abuse, and difficulties with motivation or self-esteem, working with each person to discover practical pathways forward.

Her practice includes a strong focus on workplace trauma, addressing compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma across roles from frontline staff to management and leadership. She also provides support at an executive coaching level and offers clinical supervision tailored to professional contexts.

Alison adopts a collaborative, client-centered approach, tailoring therapeutic work to each individual’s circumstances and goals. She recognises that seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage and positions herself as a steady professional ally in that process, helping clients explore change at a pace that suits them.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support and Relationship Work

Alison draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, which explores patterns formed in early relationships and helps people understand how those patterns influence current attachment issues, abandonment feelings, and communication struggles. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is used to help clients identify and work with core emotions in the context of relationships, supporting healing from relational trauma and improving emotional connection. Client-Centered Therapy places the client’s experience at the centre, offering a collaborative, non-directive space to build self-awareness, self-esteem, and clarity about life purpose.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Alison collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the approach as therapy unfolds in a shared process.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide practical flexibility, making it easier to fit consistent sessions into busy schedules and to maintain continuity of care with licensed professionals and therapists regardless of location.