Alison Gabel, LPC

Alison Gabel is a Licensed Professional Counselor who centers sessions on each person's needs and goals. She uses a person-centered style that lets clients set the pace and priorities. Alison aims to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about next steps in life.

She brings roughly 11 years of clinical experience working with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and trauma-related concerns. Alison emphasizes trauma and crisis intervention and helps people talk through difficult emotions and life changes. She also works with concerns such as relationship strain, grief, self-esteem, and stress related to caregiving or chronic illness.

In sessions she listens closely and follows what the client brings. Conversations may include looking at relationship patterns, attachment history, or practical steps to regain stability. She also uses brief goal-focused techniques when clients want concrete tools and measurable progress.

Alison has experience supporting people with LGBT concerns, ADHD, mood challenges including bipolar symptoms, and intimacy-related issues. She pays attention to how family of origin, attachment, and past hurts influence present behavior and choices. Her aim is to help clients feel more aligned with their values and plans.

People who meet with her can expect a compassionate, steady presence and a focus on real-world next steps. She helps clients identify small changes that support coping, daily routine, and clearer decision making.

How these approaches guide online therapy

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current bonds and communication. In online sessions this can mean discussing patterns in relationships, testing new ways of asking for needs, and practicing different responses to conflict or distance. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's agenda and pace. The therapist follows what matters most to the client, offering reflection and support rather than directing every step. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings or to clarify values. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on helping people manage and move through traumatic memories and reactions in a step-by-step way. It often combines emotional support with practical coping skills and gradual processing of difficult experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alison will help clients decide which ideas to try based on their goals, comfort level, and what feels most useful in the moment. The plan can shift as needs change, so the process stays collaborative and adaptive.

If you prefer online sessions, please confirm the specific formats offered before booking since they are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when a shorter conversation is helpful. Different approaches can be adapted to remote conversations to focus on relationships, process trauma, or develop concrete steps for coping and life changes.