- Guilt and shame focus
- CBT and client-centered
- Gottman-informed work
About Allison
Allison Van Da Griff is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults carrying stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and issues connected to trauma, grief, eating, and parenting. Allison also lists a focus on body image, communication problems, guilt and shame, loneliness, mood disorders, pregnancy and childbirth, self-love, women's issues, and compassion fatigue.
Allison sees people as experts on their own lives and builds on strengths they already have. In sessions she uses straightforward, practical conversation to identify what is getting in the way and what can change. She draws on client-centered ideas to keep the work focused on each person's goals.
She combines Client-Centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies to notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Solution-focused techniques are used to set manageable steps when someone wants quicker changes. For relational work she integrates elements of the Gottman Method to address communication and intimacy concerns.
Allison also works with trauma-informed methods when past experiences are part of current distress. Her approach tends to be goal-oriented and collaborative, with an emphasis on what can be tried between sessions. This helps people test small changes and build confidence over time.
Sessions are delivered in a professional way that respects each person's situation. Prospective clients should confirm current session formats before booking and can expect practical support aimed at reducing the burden of guilt or shame and improving day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions fit
Allison uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on the person's experience and goals and helps people talk through what matters most to them. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify patterns of thinking that keep emotions like shame and guilt intense, and to test concrete behavioral changes that can ease distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Allison will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then recommend which methods to try first. That choice is collaborative and can shift as needs change.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They can also help people work on relationship and communication skills using structured exercises adapted for remote sessions. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and tools so the work aligns with everyday life and responsibilities.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem and mood disorders, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, parenting, and related areas such as body image and guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses client-centered conversation alongside cognitive behavioral and trauma-informed techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new responses that reduce the hold of guilt or shame.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of experience working with adults on a range of mood and relationship concerns and uses several practical approaches to support change.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Missouri and practices with that credential in that state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.