Alison Marrelli, LCSW

Alison Marrelli is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people working through grief, low self-esteem, and big life transitions. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, ADHD-related challenges, and compassion fatigue. Her style is direct and encouraging, aimed at helping clients find small, manageable steps toward feeling better.

Alison emphasizes that each person knows their story best. She looks for the strengths a person already has and uses them as a starting point. Sessions are geared toward clear goals and concrete strategies that fit day-to-day life.

With twelve years of clinical experience as an LCSW, Alison has supported people through career shifts, relationship struggles, and complicated losses. She also works with concerns like parenting strain, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and eating or sleeping problems. Her background includes assisting people facing trauma, attachment wounds, and issues around intimacy and sexual expression.

Clients can expect a blend of practical problem solving and supportive conversation. Alison helps people build routines, set boundaries, and practice skills for managing strong emotions. She encourages small experiments between sessions to test what works.

Many clients come for focused coaching-style work on goals like returning to work after illness, managing compassion fatigue, or improving self-confidence. Alison invites people to begin where they are and move at a pace that feels doable.

Therapeutic tools and doing therapy online

Alison uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical skills. One common approach is short-term, goal-oriented work that breaks larger problems into concrete steps and experiments. This helps with issues like motivation, managing anxiety, and rebuilding routines after change.

Another helpful technique emphasizes building emotion regulation skills. That involves learning simple ways to notice strong feelings, breathe through intense moments, and choose actions that match long-term goals. These skills support people facing grief, compassion fatigue, and stress from caregiving or illness.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their life, and adjust based on what helps. Clients are invited to give feedback and shape the plan as they go.

If you prefer online work, confirm the available session formats before booking so they match your needs. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help sessions fit around work, medical appointments, or caregiving. It can also reduce travel time and make it simpler to check in during a busy week. Discuss format and timing with the therapist when you schedule to find a workable arrangement.