Allison Kent
Compassionate, practical therapy for everyday challenges
LPC Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Allison
Allison Kent is an LPC based in Pennsylvania who centers her work on practical, evidence-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Background and approach
With more than 10 years of experience in community behavioral health settings around Philadelphia, she has guided people through a range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, and major life transitions. Allison emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care while shaping treatment to the individual’s goals and circumstances.
She draws on client-centered principles to create a collaborative atmosphere where clients’ perspectives steer the conversation, and she uses motivational interviewing techniques to help people find and strengthen their own reasons for change. Allison adapts therapeutic strategies to each person, tailoring dialogue and plans to address immediate coping needs and longer-term growth.
Many clients seek her out when they are ready to take the first step toward a more satisfying and balanced life, and she offers steady support throughout that process.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Allison integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered practices into remote work to help clients address thoughts, behaviors, and emotional patterns. CBT involves identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and developing practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, while client-centered therapy prioritizes empathic listening and tailoring the conversation to each person’s experience and goals.She also uses motivational interviewing to support change by exploring a person’s own motivations and strengthening commitment to actionable steps. Finding the right combination of methods is treated as a collaborative process; the therapist and client will discuss needs, preferences, and goals to determine which approaches to emphasize and how to adapt them for online sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing people to access care from home or other convenient locations. These formats make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy schedules and to use different communication styles as goals evolve, improving consistency and continuity of care with a licensed professional.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English