Allison Crotwell, LICSW

LICSW in Alabama with 23 years of clinical experience, Allison Crotwell helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting challenges. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, and career or life transitions. Allison practices from a client-centered perspective and draws on a range of behavioral and mindfulness approaches.

Allison describes her work as strengths-based and solutions-focused. She helps people identify existing resources and then builds practical plans to reach specific goals. Sessions often include looking at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and practicing skills that reduce reactivity.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map links between beliefs and behaviors and to test out new responses. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is used to teach emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, and distress tolerance skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness practices are woven in to help clarify values and increase present-moment awareness.

Allison has experience across inpatient and outpatient settings. That background informs short-term problem solving and longer-term skill building alike. She notes particular experience with obsessive-compulsive patterns and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders such as ADD and ADHD.

People who work with Allison can expect straightforward, practical sessions focused on skill development and measurable steps. She encourages collaboration on treatment goals and periodic review of progress. To begin, clients complete an intake and a plan is made together.

How Allison applies common approaches in remote work