Alison May , BACP

Alison May is an inclusive counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years of professional experience. She trained in an integrative way of working, drawing on several therapeutic models to tailor her approach to each person she meets. Alison emphasizes collaboration, viewing therapy as a team process in which the client is regarded as the expert of their own story and the practitioner offers support and guidance toward clearer choices and greater wellbeing.

She strives to meet people where they are and to work flexibly to respond to changing needs. Alison has experience supporting people with anxiety, sexuality and gender concerns, relationship difficulties, addiction, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, and adapting to life-changing diagnoses. She also helps clients who want to move forward in life but are unsure how to begin.

Alison is a strong ally to people of colour and trans people, and she brings both lived experience and focused professional training to work with LGBT+ and neurodiverse clients. She has a particular interest in ADHD and autism. She holds BACP, a professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and offers therapy in English.

Attachment and Client-Centered Approaches in Online Practice

Alison often draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early and current relationship patterns influence present-day emotions and interactions. This approach can help people who struggle with intimacy, abandonment concerns, or recurring relationship difficulties. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which places the person's experience at the center of the work and emphasizes empathy, nonjudgmental listening, and supporting the client's own capacity for growth - useful for issues like low self-esteem, anxiety, and life transitions. In addition, Alison may integrate psychodynamic ideas to gently explore recurring life patterns and meanings that emerge from past experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Alison treats this as a collaborative task. She works with clients to identify which methods feel most helpful based on their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods over time as the work evolves.

Online therapy with Alison is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access a licensed professional from different locations, maintain continuity of care, and choose the way of communicating that best supports the client's needs.