Works with
How Allyson works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Allyson
Allyson Coats is a licensed professional clinical counselor with seven years of practice in California. She helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or burned out find steps forward. She is straightforward and calm in sessions and focuses on practical tools clients can use between meetings.
Her work centers on building awareness of patterns that keep problems going. She draws from client-centered methods to make space for each person's story. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Background and approach
Allyson also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices to help with strong emotions and impulsive reactions. She blends these approaches with motivational interviewing when people are working through addictions or trying to make life changes. Sessions often include simple exercises, short skills practice, and planning for realistic next steps.
Clients can bring whatever feels most relevant - thoughts, behaviors, relationship stress, or grief - and the conversation stays practical and focused. The goal is to leave each session with one or two clear things to try. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Conversations are guided by the client's goals and paced to what feels manageable, so people can work on anger, anxiety, sleep problems, or the other issues they named at the start of care.
What Allyson works with
Everything Allyson lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Allyson's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Allyson lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the client's lead. Online sessions using this approach give space for people to tell their story and set the pace for work on issues like depression, grief, or life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches specific skills to change thinking and behavior patterns. In online sessions this can include guided worksheets, thought records, and practical homework to reduce anxiety, manage anger, or improve sleep.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers tools for handling intense emotions and impulsivity. Through video or messaging, a therapist can teach skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that help with strong reactions and relationship stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This makes it easier to focus on realistic steps that match the client's preferences.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins or flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work days, caregiving schedules, or times when a shorter check-in is needed.
Questions people ask about Allyson
What concerns does Allyson help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, grief, sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, ADHD, and career or life-change issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, down-to-earth, and practical. Sessions focus on skills, short exercises, and concrete steps clients can use between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of clinical experience and uses approaches like client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
Where is she licensed and based?
Allyson holds the LPCC credential and practices in California as a CA LPCC.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.