Howdy, I’m Alison (she/they)

I’m a depth-oriented psychotherapist in Kansas City, MO supporting adults with a variety of adaptations to early, enduring trauma and complex grief. I am clinically licensed to work with individuals in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois.

I’m moved by the way people grow, like native grasses and wildflowers, despite habitat loss and dysfunction. Alike the prairie biome, our deep root systems retain wisdom and nourishment for a generative life. I believe healing is coming back home to ourselves and deepening our sense of belonging to place and community. I hold a deep reverence for my client’s life stories, and draw from a variety of clinical learning to support each person’s process which you can read about here.

I’ve worked as a therapist in Chicago at community-based clinics, nonprofits, and in private practice since 2017. My clinical work is informed by my own rambling path through care work, creative practice, and community organizing. Previously, I was a teaching artist and have been told I approach therapy with a poetic sensibility too. If you’re curious about working together, I would love to hear from you.

I have lovingly returned to the grasslands that raised me within the unceded territory of many Indigenous Nations, including the Kiikaapoi, Kaw/Kansa, Osage, Shawnee, Nutachi, Oceti Sakowin, and Otoe-Missouria tribes.

    • Certified NARM Master Therapist (2025)

    • Certified NARM Therapist (2023)

    • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor | Kansas - License #04039

    • Licensed Professional Counselor | Missouri - License #2023035918

    • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor | Illinois - License #180.014233

    • Level 1 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Certificate | SP Institute (2021)

    • Illinois Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention Certificate | Chicago, IL (2019)

    • Illinois Domestic Violence Certificate | Chicago, IL (2017)

    • MA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Art Therapy & Counseling