Alison Kennedy, BACP

Alison Kennedy is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 12 years of practice experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief and depression, and offers support for parenting and blended family issues. Sessions focus on practical steps for coping with day-to-day pressures and improving communication within new household structures.

Her approach draws on a mix of therapies. Alison uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new actions. She also works from a client-centred and attachment-informed perspective to explore how early relationships affect current ones.

Typical work includes talking through specific incidents, practising new ways of responding, and setting down clear short-term goals. She can help with intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, anger, low self-esteem and adjustments after separation. Alison also takes on issues such as abandonment, codependency and chronic illness when they affect daily life.

People often come with questions about co-parenting, loyalty conflicts or stepping into a parenting role. Alison aims to break these problems into manageable steps and help clients experiment with different approaches at home. She accepts international clients and runs her practice from the UK.

Her background is described as integrative and person-centred, and she holds BACP registration. Over a dozen years she has worked with a wide range of situations and keeps sessions straightforward and practical.