Allison received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Monmouth University. During her graduate program she gained experience working with geriatrics, adults, and adolescents. She got exposure to both short term rehabilitation as well as long term care centers while assisting the geriatric population. She also gained clinical experience working with survivors in a domestic and sexual violence center.
Allison worked with individual clients and their loved ones as well as facilitating group therapy. Allison has experience working with clients with PTSD related to their trauma and has also worked in an acute care hospital as a case manager advocating for the community and ensuring that safe discharge planning needs were met with each individual patient.Allison works with areas such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, self-care, self-esteem, women’s issues and general mental health. Allison’s approach with her clients is caring, compassionate and dedicated, her methods of therapy include CBT, Client-Centered, Psychoanalysis, Psychoeducation and Solution-focused.
Allison has experience working with young children and teens from ages 5 to 17 years old. She has worked with children in the foster care system who have a complex trauma history of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Allison provided therapeutic services to children and teens utilizing play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy. Allison has supported these individuals to learn emotional regulation skills and effective coping skills to help manage their symptoms. Allison has helped these individuals overcome issues like anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, stress, grief and loss, and suicidal tendencies. She has also helped these individuals navigate everyday challenges through conflict-resolution skills and how to maintain interpersonal relationships
