Counsellor profile
Alison Faraday, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 393903
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment approach
- CBT techniques
- Client centred work
About Alison
Alison Faraday is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with people who are struggling in relationships, feeling unable to say no, or losing themselves around someone else's moods or drinking. Common concerns she supports include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, codependency, and difficulties with intimacy and self‑esteem.
Alison focuses on helping people make sense of their situation and identify small, practical steps they can try. She listens to how relationships operate and looks at patterns that keep someone feeling stuck. Sessions are conversational and aim to build clearer choices rather than offering quick fixes.
Her approach draws on attachment ideas, client‑centred listening, cognitive behavioural tools and psychodynamic thinking. That means Alison pays attention to how early relationships shape current reactions, encourages people to name what they want, and works on practical ways to change thoughts or behaviour that cause repeated problems.
People bring a wide range of concerns, from parenting strain, career pressures and chronic illness, to issues around abandonment, adoption, body image and addiction. She also supports those affected by trauma, eating or sleeping difficulties, or navigating separation and infidelity.
Alison accepts clients from the UK and internationally and conducts sessions in English. To get started, people are invited to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first appointment through the online options button.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Alison uses attachment‑based ideas to look at how early relationships influence current patterns. This approach helps when someone repeatedly finds themselves in similar troubled relationships or struggles with trust and closeness.She also works with client‑centred principles, offering an open, listening style that encourages people to name what matters to them. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is used alongside this to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small practical changes that can ease anxiety, low mood or unhelpful habits.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Alison will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process helps to match techniques to the issues someone brings, whether that is stress, codependent patterns, or difficulty with intimacy.
Confirm the available session formats before booking via the online options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check‑in sessions when needed. Therapists and registered or accredited professionals often adapt session length or frequency to suit practical needs, helping people keep therapy manageable alongside work, family and other commitments.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Will she help with people-pleasing and saying no?
Yes. She works with people who find it hard to set boundaries and who often put others first at their own expense.
What style of therapy does she use?
She combines attachment ideas with client‑centred listening and practical CBT tools, plus psychodynamic thinking when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
Alison has three years of professional experience working with relationship and personal difficulties.
Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Are sessions available in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm the current session options before booking by checking the online therapy options button and the booking process.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.