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 style of practice, drawing on a range of therapeutic approaches to tailor support to each person's needs. Alison meets clients where they are and works collaboratively, viewing therapy as a team process in which the client is regarded as the expert on their own life.

She aims to empower people taking the sometimes-difficult step toward change, offering practical and emotional support as they explore goals such as improving relationships, managing anxiety, or finding direction after major life changes. Her experience includes work with anxiety, sexuality and gender concerns, relationship difficulties, addiction, depression, trauma, low self-esteem, and coping with life-changing diagnoses.

Alison is a strong ally to people of colour and trans people, and brings lived personal experience alongside specific training and professional experience working with LGBT+ and neurodiverse communities. She has a particular interest in ADHD and Autism and attends to attachment and family dynamics when relevant. Alison is registered with the BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK. She provides therapy in English and accepts international clients.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Alison draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and emotion. This approach helps people understand attachment needs, improve relationship dynamics, and work through fears of abandonment or intimacy difficulties.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on offering a non-judgmental, empathetic space where clients lead the conversation and therapists reflect and support personal growth. This approach can be helpful for building self-esteem, making life changes, or navigating identity and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and Alison treats it as a collaborative process. She works with clients to identify which methods fit their goals, preferences, and lived experience, adapting interventions as progress and clarity emerge.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to access ongoing support from different locations and at times that suit busy lives. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, continuity of care during transitions, and the ability to work with a registered professional regardless of geographic distance.