About Alison
Alison Gamez is a licensed professional counselor in Arizona who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and major life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 19 years of experience to each session. Alison focuses on building trust so people feel heard and understood from the start.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She creates a space where clients can talk honestly about feelings and behaviors without judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at identifying what’s not working and testing small, useful changes that fit daily life. Alison draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace and priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals.
These methods are used to address things like grief, intimacy struggles, parenting stress, and problems related to work or money. Many people appreciate that she blends listening with concrete steps. Conversations often move from understanding to action in the same session.
The goal is to help clients build skills they can use between meetings and see measurable progress. Alison accepts international clients and offers a range of online formats. She encourages anyone ready to explore change to reach out and begin with a simple match and scheduling process.
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
Alison combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques to help people make real changes. Client-centered therapy means she follows each person's agenda and listens closely to what matters most. This helps people feel respected and steer the work toward their priorities.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on recognizing thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. It helps with anxiety, low mood, and habits linked to addictions by teaching practical tools to shift reactions and routines. Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on small, achievable goals and quick steps people can try between sessions to see improvement in everyday life.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Alison works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan as progress or new issues appear.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and styles. Video is useful for face-to-face connection, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to maintain consistency and fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English, Spanish