About Allison
Allison Kemble is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Missouri. She uses practical, person-focused methods to help people manage stress, grief, and life transitions. She aims for clear, workable steps and listens without judgment to understand what matters most to each person.
Allison draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. She also uses client-centered and solution-focused techniques to build on strengths and find immediate options for change.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is facing ambivalence or trying to make a change. Her background began in career counseling and case management, helping clients address housing, childcare, and other basic needs so they could move toward stable employment.
She later worked as a medical social worker within a major health system, providing grief counseling and crisis support for people facing serious illnesses. That work included supporting people through new diagnoses, chronic conditions, and transitions to hospice. Allison has eight years of clinical experience serving people with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction concerns, parenting challenges, ADHD, and caregiver strain.
She also supports those dealing with cancer, chronic pain, adoption and foster care issues, and eating or anger concerns. Sessions can include tools, skills practice, and short-term coaching to meet practical goals. Allison invites people to set the pace and choose formats that fit their life, from conversations focused on coping strategies to longer work on meaning and adjustment.
Practical approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes when someone wants clearer direction. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client leads the work and the therapist reflects and supports. This can help people who need a calm setting to sort feelings and make decisions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices and grounding techniques to reduce reactivity and improve coping with stress or chronic illness.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Allison will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions start where the person is and adjust over time if different strategies are needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets for face-to-face conversation and interactive skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer quick check-ins, shorter coaching, or ongoing written support between longer meetings. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English