About Alison

I've always been fascinated by what helps people thrive—not simply by coping or achieving, but by living with greater authenticity, connection and ease.

Like many people, I spent years striving to meet expectations. Growing up in a small town in the north-west of England, I became the first in my family to attend university and built a successful career in leadership development, organisational change and human resources. While that work was rewarding, I found myself increasingly drawn to something deeper: understanding people, relationships and the conditions that allow genuine growth and healing.

That curiosity led me to retrain as a psychotherapist over twenty years ago, and it has continued to shape my work ever since.

Today my work brings together psychotherapy, coaching, clinical supervision, teaching and training. Whether I'm sitting with an individual in therapy, supporting a counsellor in supervision, coaching a leader, facilitating learning, or teaching yoga, my intention is the same: to create a space where people can understand themselves more deeply, reconnect with what matters most, and make meaningful, lasting change.

My approach is both relational and integrative. I draw on psychology, systems thinking, attachment theory and embodied approaches, believing that we cannot fully understand ourselves in isolation. Our families, relationships, workplaces, communities and life experiences all shape who we become—and by understanding those influences with compassion, we create greater freedom to choose how we live going forward.

Alongside my professional experience, my work has also been shaped by my own life. Having experienced the impact of addiction within my wider family, I understand both personally and professionally the complexity of addiction, recovery and the ripple effects they have on relationships. This lived experience brings an added depth of empathy to my work with individuals, families and professionals in this field.

Over the past two decades I've worked across private practice, crisis support, addiction treatment, leadership development, higher education and the community sector. I've had the privilege of supporting people through anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship challenges, grief, life transitions and leadership, as well as providing clinical supervision for counsellors and psychotherapists, training for organisations, and tutoring the next generation of counselling professionals.

"Perhaps the thread that connects all of my work is this: I believe people already hold remarkable wisdom and capacity for change. My role is not to tell you who to become, but to help you understand yourself more deeply, relate to yourself more compassionately, and move through life with greater clarity, courage and ease."

Outside of work you'll often find me practising yoga, trying to get back into weights, swimming, riding my electric bike around the Sunshine Coast, spending easy time with friends, or being bossed around by Ruby, my rescue cat.