About Allison
Allison Petty is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with a ten year history of helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and major life changes. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. She focuses on practical steps that fit into daily life and on building tools clients can use between sessions.
Allison trained at Kent State University and earned a Master of Arts from Ursuline College with an emphasis on art therapy and counseling.
Background and approach
Creative expression and art are part of her approach, and she often invites clients to try creative ways of making sense of feelings. That can mean art-based exercises, journaling, or other personalized projects. Her approach borrows from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, Jungian perspectives, and mindfulness practices.
She mixes methods to match each person’s needs and goals rather than following a single protocol. Sessions tend to be warm, direct, and collaborative so people know what to expect. Allison has worked in shelters, community clinics, independent practice, hospitals, jails, and prisons.
That variety gave her experience with trauma, substance concerns, hoarding, relationship problems, LGBTQ issues, and reintegration after incarceration. She shares practical tools, coping strategies, and resources tailored to the situation. People who choose Allison usually want a down-to-earth clinician who offers concrete skills and creative options.
Her work emphasizes respect, non-judgmental support, and partnership in setting goals and tracking progress.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Allison frequently draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting each person to find their own solutions, which helps when people need a safe place to sort through feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and offers concrete skills for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when people need practical emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills. DBT techniques teach specific coping skills for intense emotions and relationship challenges, and they can be practiced between sessions to build stability over time. Allison approaches treatment collaboratively and will work with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and values.
Online sessions allow the same therapeutic methods to be delivered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversation and skill demonstration. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a workday break. Live chat or text messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing tracking of goals. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people use therapy in ways that fit their routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English