08/10/2026
This is Alison, a psychotherapeutic counsellor. On Wednesdays and Saturdays you’ll find her in her practice room at Chapter House in North Shields where people arrive carrying all sorts: grief, worry, old hurts, a life that suddenly looks unfamiliar.
Whatever brings you, you can expect the same three things from her: calm, compassion, and no judgement at all.
She came to counselling after many years in education, working alongside teachers, parents and children when life at school, and at home, got difficult. That background still shapes how she work: practically, warmly and without judgement.
She trained at Northern Guild in Newcastle, and she's a Registered Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP), the UK’s professional body for counsellors, so she work within its Ethical Framework, has regular clinical supervision and appears on its public register. Earlier in my life she studied the arts and, if you choose, she is very happy to work with you through creative interventions. Poetry and collage, sand tray and drawing, music and breathing that expands into larger movement, releasing tension - all this is available to you in my sessions if you choose. Or you can simply talk. For many people the chance to talk can be life-changing in itself.
Whether you come for a few focused sessions or stay for longer work, you set the pace and the direction. She’ll work alongside you, drawing on whatever helps, and you’ll look at how it’s going as we go.
www.alisonwoodward.com
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