Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
How Allison works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Years in practice
- 23
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Allison
Allison Crotwell is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 23 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief, and anger. She uses a practical, person-focused style to help clients find clearer ways to cope and move forward. Her approach aims to identify strengths and build steps that fit each person's life.
Allison commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients see how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect.
Background and approach
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and mindfulness strategies to reduce reactivity. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas appear when clients want to clarify values and make steady changes. Her background includes work in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
That range means she has experience with people facing depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and career transitions. She has also worked with attention challenges such as ADD and ADHD and with trauma and grief concerns. In sessions Allison emphasizes a strengths-based, client-centered method.
She helps people set realistic goals and practices concrete skills between meetings. Sessions are meant to be practical and focused on real-life improvements. Allison works with adults on issues like self-esteem, impulsivity, isolation, and compassion fatigue.
She aims to create a steady, supportive space where people can try new strategies and notice what helps. If someone is ready to take a step toward change, she offers guidance and partnership in that process.
What Allison works with
Everything Allison lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Allison's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Allison lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions and what they do
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It supports work on life changes, grief, and getting unstuck from old patterns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday problems by teaching ways to reframe unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Allison will work with clients to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may blend skill work, mindfulness, and values-based steps as needed.
Online sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Text and chat offer a way to share updates and brief reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Allison
What kinds of concerns can Allison help with?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, ADHD-related difficulties, trauma, anger, and career or life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and strengths-based. She focuses on practical strategies and skill-building to help people manage emotions and tackle real-life problems.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Allison has 23 years of experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings with a wide range of mental health concerns.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds the credential LICSW and practices in Alabama as an AL LICSW.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer online?
She meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on the situation and client preference.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.