Alison Bubbins, BACP

Alison Bubbins brings an open, down-to-earth presence to therapy, pairing a warm, authentic style with a practical, collaborative approach. She describes herself as a little quirky - think bright hair and tattoos - and creates a space where people can be themselves without judgement or pressure. Alison works integratively, drawing on person-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and longer-form psychotherapy to shape sessions around each person rather than fitting someone to a pre-set method.

Her practice places emphasis on meeting clients where they are, working with them rather than on them, and using humour when it feels appropriate to ease difficult conversations. Alison is explicitly open to all lifestyles and identities and offers a respectful, honest environment for exploration. Areas she commonly supports include anxiety, trauma and abuse, ADHD and autism, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting, addictions, sleep difficulties, self-esteem and career concerns, as well as mood conditions such as depression and bipolar presentations.

Alison also works with a range of additional concerns including attachment and abandonment issues, body image, fetish and kink topics, caregiver stress, eating and substance-related problems, domestic violence, dissociation, and family or divorce-related difficulties. Her practice aims to create a sense of safety and freedom, believing that meaningful change grows from feeling genuinely seen and accepted. She is a member of BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which is a professional organisation for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

At this time Alison is only able to accept live chat clients due to parenting responsibilities and the unpredictably noisy and chaotic environment while her children are on school holidays.