Allison Petty, LPCC

Allison Petty is an Ohio LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with 10 years of experience. She frequently helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Allison also works with issues tied to sexuality, grief, parenting, and career change.

She trained at Kent State University and completed a Master of Arts from Ursuline College with a focus on art therapy and counseling. That background means creative expression and practical exercises often appear in sessions. Allison draws from several therapy styles so sessions usually include concrete tools and exercises rather than only talk.

Her approach mixes cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered work and elements of DBT - dialectical behavior therapy - along with mindfulness and Jungian ideas when they fit. She often uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to help people set goals and try gradual changes. Expect discussion of thoughts, behaviors, and small experiments to test what helps.

Allison has experience in shelters, outpatient clinics, hospitals, jails, prisons, and private practice. That variety informs how she frames coping strategies for different life situations. She shares resources and skills people can use between sessions.

Sessions are practical and collaborative. Allison helps people notice unhelpful thinking and habits, then practices different responses. The aim is to build daily skills for managing symptoms and improving decision making over time.

How Allison's approaches adapt to online work