- Skills for emotion regulation
- History-informed perspective
- Nonjudgmental support
About Alison
Alison McCandless is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Colorado. She has three years of experience working in community mental health and recently relocated from Chicago to Denver. Alison draws on her background supporting people facing mood, anxiety, trauma, and life stressors as she meets clients where they are.
She tends to use practical techniques alongside deeper history work. That means teaching coping skills and behavior strategies while also looking at how past experiences shaped current patterns. Alison uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help with emotion regulation and changing unhelpful thoughts.
Alison also brings an attachment-informed and psychodynamic perspective. She asks about relationships and early experiences to help clients make sense of recurring problems. This often helps people understand feelings like abandonment, shame, or difficulty trusting others.
People come to her for many concerns, including anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma, grief, addiction, workplace stress, and self esteem. She commonly addresses caregiver strain, communication problems, eating and food-related issues, and life purpose questions.
Her style is nonjudgmental and hopeful. She gathers a biopsychosocial view of functioning to tailor therapy to each person. If someone thinks Alison might be a fit, the next step is to start a match and schedule a first appointment.
She tends to use practical techniques alongside deeper history work. That means teaching coping skills and behavior strategies while also looking at how past experiences shaped current patterns. Alison uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help with emotion regulation and changing unhelpful thoughts.
Alison also brings an attachment-informed and psychodynamic perspective. She asks about relationships and early experiences to help clients make sense of recurring problems. This often helps people understand feelings like abandonment, shame, or difficulty trusting others.
People come to her for many concerns, including anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma, grief, addiction, workplace stress, and self esteem. She commonly addresses caregiver strain, communication problems, eating and food-related issues, and life purpose questions.
Her style is nonjudgmental and hopeful. She gathers a biopsychosocial view of functioning to tailor therapy to each person. If someone thinks Alison might be a fit, the next step is to start a match and schedule a first appointment.