Alison Gabel is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
01About Alison
Alison Gabel is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She draws on a person-centered style that lets each session follow what the client needs and wants. Alison frames work around real problems and clear goals rather than one-size-fits-all methods.
She has eleven years of clinical experience and has spent much of that time supporting people through crisis and trauma recovery.
Background and approach
Sessions often begin with where a person is now and what feels most urgent. From there she helps build steps to reduce stress, manage symptoms, and improve day-to-day functioning. Her approach blends attachment-based ideas with psychodynamic thinking and solution-focused tools.
That means Alison pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns, explores underlying themes that keep problems repeating, and helps clients identify small, practical shifts that make life easier. Alison also works with concerns tied to identity, intimacy, and sexual expression, including BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture.
She addresses issues like codependency, body image, and career stress in concrete ways that connect to clients' values and goals. Sessions are offered in English and she provides online formats for people in Missouri and beyond. Alison encourages people who feel stuck or overwhelmed to consider a short conversation to see if her style matches their needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (Missouri)
- License 2016040507 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1730628454 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Alison lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Alison names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Alison names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how earlier close relationships influence current patterns. Online sessions use this lens to notice how trust and closeness show up in day-to-day life and in current relationships, helping people change repeated reactions that cause pain.Client-centered therapy focuses the sessions on the person's needs and goals. That approach is well suited to online formats because conversations follow what matters most in the moment, allowing flexibility in pacing and focus from one session to the next.
Finding the right approach is part of the collaboration. Alison will talk with each person about their history, current concerns, and goals, and together they will choose which methods to try first. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people work face-to-face without travel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let someone check in between sessions or use shorter, goal-focused communication. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on change while fitting therapy into day-to-day demands.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and related issues like grief, relationship problems, self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and collaborative, using attachment-based and solution-focused ideas to match sessions to each person's goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings eleven years of clinical experience, including focused work with trauma and crisis intervention.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) in Missouri and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.
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