Alison Hedger

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Client-Centred Therapy

About Alison

Alison Hedger helps people work through stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues using a person-centred, integrative approach. She practices mainly in a person-centred way and draws on other methods to suit each person’s needs. Alison is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and she has four years' clinical experience working with adults.

Alison believes that clients hold their own answers and that therapy is a collaborative process of untangling feelings and stories. Sessions focus on what the client brings each time, with the counsellor following that agenda and offering tools when helpful. This can include looking at emotional responses, attachment patterns, or how past events influence present choices.

She has experience supporting people with depression, anxiety, grief, addiction and trauma and abuse. Alison also works with issues such as abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems and difficulties arising from blended families and separation. She helps people consider relationship patterns and how those affect day-to-day life.

In practice she uses Client-Centred Therapy alongside Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Psychodynamic ideas where useful. That mix allows work at the level of present feelings, attachment needs and longer-standing patterns from earlier relationships. Sessions include space to reflect and to experiment with new ways of responding.

Alison offers consultations in English and works from the United Kingdom. She asks people to choose their concerns and goals so the first sessions can focus on priorities and the best next steps.

How her approaches work in online counselling

Alison uses Client-Centred Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy as core tools in her work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own agenda and on listening closely to what matters now, which suits people who want sessions directed by their current priorities. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at how feelings and attachment needs shape relationships and can help when patterns in close relationships cause distress.

She also draws on Psychodynamic ideas to understand longer-standing patterns that affect present life. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process; the counsellor and client review what feels most helpful and adapt methods to reflect the person’s goals and preferences.

Practical benefits of doing counselling online include fitting sessions into a busy week and avoiding travel time. The biography did not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can allow shorter check-ins or sessions that fit a lunch break, and it can make it easier to keep regular contact while balancing other commitments.

Topics Alison lists

• Stress and anxiety
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Depression
• Addictions
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Coping with life changes
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Impulsivity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Psychodynamic Therapy

Questions about Alison

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the main concerns she helps people address, often alongside stress and depression.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She works primarily in a person-centred way and integrates other approaches such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has four years' clinical experience working with adults in a range of settings since February 2019.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

No. She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start a first session?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.