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Alison Marrelli, LCSW

  • Experience12 years
  • LocationUtah
  • Focus areasADHD, Grief, and Self esteem
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Alison

Alison Marrelli is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Utah who focuses on helping people navigate grief, life transitions, and challenges that impact day-to-day wellbeing.

Background and approach

With 12 years of clinical experience, she draws on a strengths-based perspective that recognizes each person as the expert of their own story while offering guided support to build confidence and motivation. She works with concerns ranging from ADHD, anxiety, and stress to relationship and intimacy issues, caregiving strain, and trauma-related difficulties.

Her approach emphasizes practical coping skills, emotional processing, and developing self-compassion to address problems like low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, sleep and eating disruptions, and career or parenting stress. Alison aims to partner with clients to identify goals and create manageable steps toward a more satisfying life.

She offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and she helps clients find strategies that fit their circumstances and values.

Practical therapeutic approaches and online care

Alison uses evidence-informed techniques that focus on helping clients build coping skills and strengthen emotional resilience. One common approach she applies emphasizes skill-building for daily functioning and stress management, which can help with anxiety, ADHD-related challenges, and managing compassion fatigue. Another approach centers on exploring and processing difficult emotions related to grief, trauma, or relationship stress to reduce their ongoing impact and improve self-understanding.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alison works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and the specific challenges they bring, and she adjusts methods as therapy progresses to find the best fit for each person's needs.

Online sessions are offered through multiple formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - to make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. These options provide flexibility in scheduling and communication style, allowing clients to engage in ways that suit their routines and comfort while working toward clearer coping strategies and improved wellbeing.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Alison commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including grief, ADHD, anxiety, stress, depression, relationship and intimacy challenges, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is strengths-based and collaborative, emphasizing clients' existing resources while teaching practical coping skills and emotional processing techniques.
What level of clinical experience does she have?
Alison has 12 years of professional experience providing clinical support across varied concerns and life stages.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Utah with license number UT LCSW 7689670-3501 and practices out of Utah.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

GriefSelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoaching

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesControl issuesDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposePolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

Utah

Languages

English

What Alison can help with

Alison Marrelli works with clients on grief, self esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.

Alison works with clients coping with grief and loss, motivation, self esteem, and confidence.

Experience and training

Alison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Utah.