About Alison
Alison Chrun is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She speaks plainly and aims to create a calm, steady space where people can talk through what's most pressing.
Background and approach
Alison practices in California and works in English. Alison focuses on practical steps that fit into daily life.
She blends mindfulness, problem-solving, and cognitive tools so people can try small changes between sessions. Sessions often look like identifying one doable goal, noticing thoughts and feelings, and testing a new way of responding.
Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She meets people where they are and moves at a pace they can handle.
Alison balances acceptance of current struggles with gentle challenges toward change. She uses a mix of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to tailor a plan for each person.
Mindfulness practice and solution-focused ideas often show up in session to keep work practical and focused on what matters. Alison has eight years of clinical experience as an LMFT.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit different schedules. Starting therapy involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session based on availability.
Many people begin with a single concern like parenting stress, codependency, or career pressure and then expand into related areas such as self-esteem, intimacy, or coping with life changes. Alison aims to help people build clearer choices and sustainable habits.
How Alison's Methods Translate to Online Care
Alison draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in session. ACT helps people clarify values and take concrete steps even when hard emotions are present, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors, useful for stress, mood shifts, and certain relationship patterns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alison will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, and then shape techniques that feel manageable. This means sessions may include short exercises, mindfulness practices, or specific behavior experiments tailored to the person's life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different routines. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and guided exercises, phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or a no-camera check-in is preferred, and live chat or text exchanges work well for quick updates, brief problem-solving, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or travel while keeping the focus on clear, practical steps.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English