Alison Smith, LPC

Alison Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia. She brings eight years of counseling experience and a background that includes service in the Air Force and a decade working for the Department of Defense. She is a mother who has navigated serious family health challenges and uses those life lessons in her work with clients.

Alison focuses on practical steps people can use when life feels overwhelming. She helps with relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, addictions, grief, and many day-to-day stresses. Her style is straightforward and collaborative, aiming to help people find clearer choices and manageable changes.

In sessions Alison draws on client-centered work to follow the person’s lead, while using cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also borrows narrative and motivational techniques to help clients reframe their stories and find forward movement. She sometimes uses creative exercises like writing, poetry, art, and music when those methods fit.

Alison frames therapy as a team effort. She works with each person to set clear goals and build skills that fit their life. That may include communication tools, coping strategies, or step-by-step plans for change.

People come to Alison for a range of issues including LGBT concerns, intimacy and relationship problems, parenting stress, chronic illness and caregiver strain, and coping with life transitions. She offers help aimed at making daily life more manageable and more meaningful.

Approaches you might use in online sessions

Alison uses client-centered work to keep the focus on the person's priorities and experiences, listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client. This helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to figure out their next steps.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on approach that identifies unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with more effective behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many day-to-day challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison treats therapy as a collaboration and will help you test methods and choose what fits your needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques as those priorities evolve so the plan stays practical and relevant.

If you prefer online work, confirm the specific session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow follow-up from different locations. They can also allow shorter check-ins or more flexible scheduling when needed. Licensed professionals can often tailor session length and frequency to match daily routines and responsibilities.