Therapists in Boston, MA

Spring 2024 - Accepting New Clients! With life becoming increasingly demanding, it can feel like we are always battling on a new frontier. We do not, however, have to power through it alone! Whether it’s with relationships, family, jobs, college, new cultural environments or even ourselves, I aim to support my clients with recognizing and managing the emotional impact that life’s torrent of changes has on us all. My therapeutic approach is to create an accepting relationship so sessions can be a comfortable and judgment free zone.

Are there times when you feel anxious, sad, or uncertain? Do you have difficulty coping with your stressors and find that you often push or run away from unwanted thoughts and feelings? You have taken the brave first step to search for a clinician who may fit your needs. Clients who come to me can expect a trusting, compassionate, respectful therapeutic environment that fosters creating positive solutions. We will work together to address your unique needs and challenges in a non-judgmental, safe environment.

Accepting New Clients via Telehealth! Anxiety, depression and relationship issues are common experiences that can impact our ability to feel like ourselves and live at our best capacity. Often these issues are rooted in hard life experiences or the accumulating stressors of today's world. Working from a person-centered and solution-focused approach I support my clients by helping them find connections between their feelings, thoughts and actions. I strive to create powerful therapeutic relationships as I believe this is the foundation of a successful healing alliance.

Alison is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 30+ years of experience. Areas of specialty include anxiety/stress, depression, executive functioning disorders, couple/family/peer issues, conflict resolution, trauma response and coping with medical concerns. Her style is strength-based and collaborative with a goal of identifying areas of concern and working together to develop a solution-focused plan to achieve measurable and sustainable progress. Alison received her doctoral training and Master's Degree at Boston College and completed a fellowship at Harvard. She is committed to multi-disciplinary integrated care.

My clients are typically between ages 3-19 years old and present with a wide variety of strengths and opportunities for further growth. My passion is working with young children, latency age youth, adolescents, and their families who have experienced trauma. I firmly believe that children and families are resilient and have the power to heal and recreate narratives that reflect their inner strength.

I specialize in working with individuals who are struggling with anxiety, body image, relationship issues, self esteem, and more. I help clients facing work, academic stress and anxieties around social and life demands. My approach is to provide guidance and resources to develop effective coping skills, build resiliency and enhance distress tolerance while developing strategies for managing stress and anxiety.

Waitlist until June 2024! Are you open to therapy and making active changes in your life that can have you feeling lighter and more content? Are you working on creating a healthier mindset and lifestyle? I support individuals, couples and families who are looking to process experiences and stressors. I provide a style that is engaging, present, reflective and humorous, with natural empathy. I have experience working in addiction recovery treatment centers, school based mental health and outpatient private practice.

If you have come to this page, chances are you want to change. You may be experiencing a major life change in your health, relationships, or work. This may be causing overwhelming anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. You may be struggling to figure out how to navigate this stressor effectively, and feeling confused or alone. Therapy can help you understand the challenges you face and help you create goals that align with your values. Working with a professional can help you learn and apply practical coping strategies to manage stress better and live according to what matters most to you. You are here to try something new.

Do you worry a lot, feel stressed, or overwhelmed all the time? Do you experience recurring unpleasant thoughts that impact your perception of the world or yourself? It might be exhausting to have a head full of racing ideas, but via therapy, we can try to free up some mental space. As a therapist, I have had the honor of helping patients who have a wide range of issues, such as stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem. I'm passionate about assisting people in overcoming the obstacles preventing them from engaging in more constructive self-talk, having a calmer mind, and living their best life.

Everyone hopes to find a Therapist they will match well with in terms of personality and professional style, especially when they are suffering. Deep listening, compassion, and promotion of self-care and coping are values at the center of my practice. I attune topics and activities toward those that the client is most interested in exploring. Integrated Relational Therapy is the holistic, versatile framework that I use to meet teen and adult clients "where they're at" to address issues like trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, relationships, and addiction; through individual, family, and couples counseling.

Openings coming soon with the addition of new clinicians! The universal human need and desire to seek and attain healthy relationships, joy, purpose, acceptance, peace, love, fearlessness (the list goes on...) is a journey that should not be traveled alone. As your therapist, I would like to offer you the ability to have a second set of footsteps traveling along with you as you explore, accept, challenge, change, heal and cope with the unexpected directions life has and will inevitably take you. I work as an individual and couples therapist with all populations and I presently focus my practice on adolescents and adults.