Alison Holder, BACP

Alison Holder is a fully qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom with over 10 years of clinical experience. She has worked with adults, couples, children, and young people, supporting people through depression, bereavement and loss, anxiety, self-harm, addictions, low self-esteem, domestic violence, parental separation, and other separation-related challenges.

Across her career she has developed experience in responding to trauma, abuse, bereavement, anxiety, depression, self-harm, and complex presentations including crisis work. Alison emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as the foundation of change, offering a non-judgmental and compassionate space where clients can explore difficult thoughts and feelings and consider new ways forward.

Alison is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which represents professional standards for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom. She encourages anyone who feels lost or stuck to reach out rather than suffer alone, and she works collaboratively with clients to identify and bring about the changes they want to make.

Attachment and trauma-focused approaches for online therapy

Alison draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships and attachment patterns influence current emotions and interactions. This approach can help clients understand relationship dynamics, attachment issues, abandonment concerns, and feelings of isolation.

She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to address the effects of traumatic experiences. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers structured ways to process and integrate difficult memories, while EMDR is a targeted method that some people find helpful for reducing the intensity of traumatic memories and associated distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Alison works collaboratively with each client to identify the methods that best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as work progresses.

Online therapy with Alison is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving clients options that suit different schedules and comfort levels. This flexibility makes it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals regardless of location, and allows therapy to continue around work, family, and other commitments.