Alison Hedger

Alison Hedger is an integrative therapist who blends several therapeutic approaches to tailor support to each client’s needs. She works mainly in a person-centred way, allowing clients to bring the session agenda while drawing on additional methods that may assist their progress. Her core belief is that people often hold the answers within themselves; she accompanies them to untangle their story, connect with emotions, and uncover what they need to move forward.

Alison trained in Humanistic Integrative counselling over a six-year course and has worked in a clinical setting since February 2019. Over that time she has supported adults of all ages with a wide range of concerns, from milder mental health struggles to suicidal feelings and crisis. She has considerable experience exploring anxiety and depression as symptoms and looking at what may lie beneath them, and she has worked with relationship issues across friendships, family connections, romantic partnerships, and marriage.

Compassion, non-judgement, and allowing time and space for reflection form the basis of her practice. Alison will support clients in applying insights from therapy into daily life and, when appropriate, examine past events to better understand the present. Her emphasis is on helping people reconnect with their identity and authenticity so they can make decisions that align with who they are and where they want to go.