Alice Howard, NCPS

Alice Howard is a UK-licensed therapist with 16 years of professional experience supporting people through addiction, LGBT-related concerns, trauma and abuse, and the challenges of grief and loss. She brings focused experience in areas such as eating difficulties, attachment issues, and a wide range of relational and identity concerns, and she is available to work with clients in the United Kingdom as well as internationally.

Alice believes that each person is the expert on their own life and that existing strengths form the foundation for meaningful change. She works collaboratively to help people identify those strengths, clarify goals, and build practical ways to move toward a more fulfilling life. Taking the first step toward change often takes courage - Alice aims to offer steady support and compassionate guidance throughout that process. She holds the NCPS credential, indicating professional registration as a counselling and psychotherapy practitioner, and brings a respectful, strengths-based approach to each therapeutic relationship.

Therapeutic Approaches Online - practical, relationship-focused care

Alice works from approaches that emphasize values, connection, and the individual's perspective. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward a meaningful life - it is often useful for anxiety, avoidance, and patterns that limit daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns that began early in life and explores how those patterns affect current connections and emotional safety - it can help with attachment issues, relationship difficulties, and the emotional impact of past loss or abandonment. Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the heart of the work, offering empathic listening and collaborative goal-setting so clients feel heard and supported as they explore change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Alice treats that as a collaborative exploration. She will work with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and may combine approaches to suit the work.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - allowing people to access registered professionals from different locations and to choose formats that fit their schedules and comfort. This flexibility can make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing everyday life commitments.