Alison Faraday , BACP

Alison Faraday works with people who are struggling in their relationships, whether those difficulties involve a romantic partner, parents, siblings, children, friends, colleagues or the relationship a person has with themselves. She helps clients explore what is happening in their connections with others and identifies practical steps to help situations feel more manageable and meaningful.

Alison has supported people through a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, intimacy issues and questions of identity. She also offers focused help around attachment and abandonment, adoption and foster care, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, divorce and infidelity. Her approach is aimed at helping clients understand patterns, find new ways of relating and build greater self-compassion.

Seeking change takes courage, and Alison frames her work as supportive and empowering. She brings over 3 years of professional experience and is licensed to work in the United Kingdom and abroad. Alison holds BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional membership for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

Approaches Alison Uses and How Online Therapy Works

Alison draws on several proven approaches to support people with relationship and emotional concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and can help with issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties and repeated relationship conflicts. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience, offering empathic listening and acceptance so clients can clarify values, increase self-esteem and find their own solutions to problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and develop practical strategies to reduce anxiety, depression and stress-related symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Alison works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts her style as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible match.

Online therapy offers flexibility by making sessions available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options allow people to engage from different locations and at different times, making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain continuity of care when circumstances change. Licensed professionals and therapists can use these formats to deliver focused, ongoing support tailored to each client’s situation.