- CBT approaches
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness methods
About Allison
Allison Crotwell is an Alabama LICSW with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, ADHD, and life changes. Allison also helps with trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
She practices using a client-centered stance. That means she listens for each person’s strengths and ideas, then builds a plan alongside them. She draws on several evidence-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior skills, as needed.
In session she helps people notice links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. She teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. She also supports people working through obsessive and attention-related challenges.
Allison has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings over two decades. That experience informs how she matches tools to everyday problems, like parenting strain, workplace stress, or relationship conflict. She aims to keep interventions straightforward and useful.
She helps clients clarify goals and develop step-by-step plans to reach them. Sessions include skill practice, behavioral experiments, and reflective conversation. People who want practical strategies for anxiety, avoidance, or managing big emotions may find this approach helpful.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
The therapist uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and to try small, practical experiments that change how they respond in social situations. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on teaching concrete skills - mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness - that support handling intense feelings and improving interactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarifying personal values to guide action.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what feels useful. Clients and the therapist work together to pick skills and exercises that fit each person’s needs and daily life.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are busy. Therapists commonly use conversational work, skills coaching, and homework between meetings to help translate what is learned into everyday situations.
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Experience
23+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting issues, grief, ADHD, trauma and related challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered, focusing on a person’s strengths and concrete goals while using practical skills and discussion.
How much experience does she have?
She has 23 years of experience working in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LICSW licensed in Alabama and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are session formats arranged?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.