Allison Kent

Allison Kent is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, ADHD, and LGBT concerns. Allison also supports clients who are questioning their life purpose after major changes. Allison focuses on clear, practical conversations about relationship patterns and coping after trauma. Sessions look at communication habits, boundaries, and how past experiences shape current difficulties. She uses a person-centered and trauma-informed stance while drawing on evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She often helps people untangle problems around sex, kink and alternative sexual culture, and sexual assault recovery. Other areas Allison addresses include blended family adjustments, adoption and foster care questions, fertility and pregnancy-related stress, and challenges related to HIV and AIDS. Allison pays attention to neurodivergent clients and those with autism or ADHD, helping them find strategies that fit day-to-day life. She also works with people navigating divorce, infidelity, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress. Conversations are direct and practical, focused on what can change now. Allison offers therapy in English and American Sign Language. People who want to begin choose an online matching process and schedule an initial session. Fees vary by location and use a cancellable subscription model.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Allison draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques in her work. Person-centered work focuses on the client's immediate concerns and values, using open conversation to identify what matters most and what feels stuck. Trauma-informed approaches pay attention to how past harm affects present reactions and aim to build manageable steps for recovery and stabilization.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Allison collaborates with clients to match methods to needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts methods as progress and circumstances change.

Confirm the current session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and reduce travel time. They also allow for shorter check-ins when schedules require it, or sessions that do not use video when that is preferred. Talk with Allison during the matching step to find session arrangements that best suit daily life and practical constraints.