Allison Petty

Allison Petty is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor practicing in Ohio with more than 10 years of experience. She completed undergraduate study at Kent State University and earned a Master of Arts from Ursuline College with a focus on art therapy and counseling.

Art, creativity, and personal expression are central to her approach, and she works with clients to develop personalized, creative strategies for addressing their concerns. Her methods are eclectic and draw from cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic approaches, client-focused practice, and solution-focused therapy to find the tools that suit each individual.

Allison’s counseling style is warm, caring, and collaborative, and she frequently shares practical resources, techniques, and coping tools with the people she supports. She has experience in a wide range of settings, including shelters, community outpatient programs, private practice, outpatient and inpatient hospital environments, jails, and prisons.

She has worked with individuals facing depression, anxiety, psychosis and other mental health concerns, trauma and abuse, substance use and addiction, hoarding, financial stress, relationship and family conflicts, LGBTQIA+ related issues, incarceration and reintegration challenges, and a variety of life changes. Allison also addresses concerns such as stress, self-esteem, grief, intimacy and parenting issues, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.

Allison provides nonjudgmental, compassionate support and partners with clients who are the experts on their own lives to help them reach better outcomes. She looks forward to working with those seeking creative, collaborative care.