Alison Baker, LCSW

Alison Baker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York, has 13 years of clinical experience. She works with people on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. Her practice also addresses parenting, grief, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career-related strain. Alison uses therapeutic approaches she lists by name: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Alison frames therapy as practical work. She helps people notice patterns that cause pain and then try different responses. Sessions include talking through relationships, developing coping skills for anxiety or mood swings, and identifying values that guide decisions. She aims to help clients manage impulsivity, anger, and problems with communication.

Her background includes long-term work with trauma, post-traumatic stress, and chronic health concerns. She also focuses on abandonment and attachment issues that show up in adult relationships. People come for help with body image, guilt and shame, isolation, and reclaiming life purpose.

Alison uses CBT to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She draws on ACT to clarify values and build committed actions. Attachment-Based Therapy informs work on connection, trust, and patterns from early relationships.

Sessions also address practical matters like money and career stress, parenting strain, and managing panic attacks. She supports people coping with chronic pain, illness, or disability while balancing emotional needs and everyday demands.

How Alison's approaches translate to online work