Alison Gabel, LPC

Therapist in Missouri

Alison Gabel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.

Licensed inMissouri
License2016040507
NPI 1730628454
Experience11+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Alison

Alison Gabel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri. She brings 11 years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She centers sessions around each person's needs and goals.

Alison uses attachment-based ideas to understand how relationships shape feelings and behavior. Her approach is practical and person-focused. She uses client-centered methods so people set the pace and topics for sessions.

She also draws on psychodynamic thinking to look at patterns that repeat over time.

Background and approach

Solution-focused techniques are used to find steps that can help relieve daily struggles. Alison has worked with people facing grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with body image, abandonment or attachment wounds, and concerns connected to kink or alternative sexual cultures.

Her background includes trauma and crisis intervention with individuals and groups. In sessions she helps people clarify what feels off and what they want to change. Conversations aim to identify specific, manageable steps toward feeling better.

She also addresses work and career stress, caregiver strain, and the emotional strain of medical issues such as cancer. Alison accepts English-speaking clients and is open to working with people from other countries. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

Therapy is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Credentials

LPC (Missouri): License 2016040507 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1730628454 · national provider identifier

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Focus 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

Approaches Alison names

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Online support

Attachment-informed care and online options

Alison uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early and current relationships affect emotions and behavior. That perspective often helps when someone struggles with intimacy, abandonment concerns, or repeated relationship patterns. She also uses client-centered methods that let the person lead each session, and psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns that influence current life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Alison will discuss options and collaborate with each person to find methods that fit their goals, experiences, and preferences. Together they decide whether to focus on past patterns, immediate problem-solving, or a mix of approaches that feels most helpful.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is not needed. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins and flexible ways to stay connected between longer sessions. These formats make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into busy lives.

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Frequently asked

What issues does Alison address in therapy?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Additional areas include ADHD, grief, self-esteem, career strain, and compassion fatigue.

How would you describe her therapy style?

She uses an attachment-based perspective alongside client-centered and psychodynamic approaches. Sessions are guided by the person's goals and focus on practical steps and understanding relationship patterns.

What is her clinical background?

She has 11 years of clinical experience working with individuals and groups, with an emphasis on trauma and crisis intervention.

Where is she licensed to practice?

She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential with the designation MO LPC in Missouri.

Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she does accept clients from other countries.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

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