- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting support
- Social anxiety help
About Alyson
Alyson Storey is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. She also works with issues like attachment problems, communication struggles, control issues, and social anxiety and phobia.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Alyson listens, reflects, and asks clear questions to help people see their situation differently. She offers gentle guidance while encouraging people to try new ways of relating and coping.
Alyson often helps people who feel isolated or stuck after a breakup, a change in family roles, or a painful past. She pays attention to how relationships and patterns shape daily life. Conversations include specific steps to manage uncomfortable feelings and improve communication.
Her approach emphasizes collaboration. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and adds perspective and techniques that fit the client’s goals. She supports gradual change rather than pushing for quick fixes.
Sessions also cover practical life concerns such as money stress, midlife transitions, and questions of purpose. Alyson works with mood-related problems, guilt, shame, and issues that affect women’s lives. She aims to help people set realistic goals and take small, manageable steps toward them.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Alyson uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. She helps clients understand patterns in relationships and behavior, then practices new skills during sessions. This often includes teaching communication strategies to reduce conflict and ways to face social anxiety with small, repeated steps.She also works with trauma-related struggles by helping people notice how past events affect present thoughts and feelings. The work focuses on paced coping skills, grounding methods, and improving emotional regulation so daily life feels more manageable.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alyson will talk with each client about goals and preferences, and together they choose methods that fit those needs. She adjusts how she works based on what helps the person make steady progress rather than using a single fixed method.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know the formats she offers. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and reduce travel time. They can also allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or let someone participate without being on camera if that feels more comfortable.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
Alyson works with relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, coping with life changes, and related topics such as social anxiety and phobia.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses active listening, reflection, and gentle guidance to help clients try new ways of seeing situations and practicing different behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience as a practicing therapist.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an Illinois LCPC and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.