Alison Gabel , LPC

Alison Gabel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. Her LPC credential indicates professional training and state licensure to provide counseling and mental health support.

With 11 years of clinical experience, she has worked with both individuals and groups facing depression, anxiety, PTSD, and a wide range of other mental health concerns. Her practice emphasizes trauma work and crisis intervention, helping people navigate intense and overwhelming experiences and build more stable coping strategies.

Alison uses a person-centered approach, which means therapy is guided by each person's priorities and goals rather than a uniform method. She assists clients who feel stuck or uncertain about why they are struggling, supporting them to explore where they are emotionally and mentally and to move toward greater alignment with their values and vision for their life.

Her work balances reflective exploration with practical steps so clients can experience tangible movement toward their goals. Alison frames therapy as a collaborative journey designed to help people find clearer direction and renewed connection with themselves.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that meet you where you are

Alison draws on attachment-based work to explore how early bonds and relationship patterns shape current feelings and behaviors. This approach can help clients understand patterns in intimate relationships, attachment wounds, and how those dynamics influence trust and closeness.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathy, active listening, and following the client's lead. That approach helps people set goals that matter to them and move at a pace that feels right while feeling heard and validated.

Given her focus on trauma and crisis intervention, trauma-focused therapy is a core part of her practice for addressing the effects of adverse experiences and helping clients develop skills to manage distress and regain a sense of stability.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Alison works collaboratively with each person to identify the methods that best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they tailor a plan that can shift as progress is made.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain continuity during transitions, and connect with licensed professionals and therapists from wherever the client is located.