Transform your parenting, reduce anxiety, learn to regulate emotions and become the best version of yourself
Counseling and Coaching
Counseling
Allison has spent the past 25 years counseling children, adolescents, young adults and families. She is currently offering virtual sessions to kids, teens and young adults around the globe. Her areas of expertise include:
anxiety management
neurodivergence
LGBTQ
sports performance
grief and loss
school issues
divorce
adoption
life transitions
moving and relocation
Coaching
Allison provides 2 Levels of Coaching
LEVEL 1: 1-3 SESSIONS, SINGLE ISSUE
This option is for parents struggling with a specific issue with their child. Examples include: anxiety, disruptive behavior, emotion regulation, school avoidance, LGBTQ, learning issues, neurodivergence. In these sessions, Allison will provide guidance, support and share best strategies to tackle the issue.
LEVEL 2: 6-WEEK COACHING PACKAGE
This option is for parents, kids, adolescents, young adults and counselors who want to diver deeper on a specific issue. This package includes bi-weekly sessions with homework in-between. Allison’s coaching packages are a deep dive into what’s working, not working and how to create lasting change. You will receive and abundance of tools, practical strategies and guidance to get you where you want to be. See coaching packages below.
PACKAGE 1
Managing Anxiety in the Home: A Way to Calm
A program for parents of anxious children, parents who struggle with anxiety themselves and/or for high-stress homes
This package teaches parents valuable tools and strategies to reduce anxiety in the home. Allison will lead parents through the steps of identifying triggers, creating safe spaces, utilizing strategic tools, developing empathic language and reducing stress in the home setting. Parents will walk away with new routines, a toolbox of strategies they can implement immediately and a feeling of direction, empowerment and peace of mind.
TOPIC 2
Becoming Emotionally Prepared for Life
A program for teens and young adults who are preparing to leave home for university, a summer abroad or for a vocation
Based on Allison’s new book, this package teaches young people how to manage emotions, navigate conflict and embrace growth. She will take young people through the 5 feelings they need to manage before leaving home and best practices to set (and achieve) goals, manage stress and create the life they want. Using real-life examples, brain research and practical strategies, Allison will lead young people down the path of becoming resilient, capable and emotionally aware.
TOPIC 3
Tools for Anxiety
A program for kids ages 8-18 who are in need of effective anxiety-reduction strategies
This package empowers kids with the tools and strategies to face anxiety and become empowered. Allison will take kids through the process of understanding what happens in the brain during anxiety, how to identify triggers, rate the intensity of emotions and choose the appropriate strategy. Kids will walk away with a toolbox of strategies, an understanding of how their brain works and feeling of empowerment they can handle the anxious moments in life.
TOPIC 4
From Schools to Private Practice
For school counselors wanting to transition to private practice
This is the package I wish I would have had during my transition from a school counselor to private practice clinician nearly 20 years ago. Learn how to set up your practice, develop your niche, get clients, set fees and structure sessions. Allison will help you set boundaries, learn what to say no to and how to build a thriving private practice.