Alison Craddock
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About me
I'm a fully qualified integrative counsellor supporting individuals, couples, and family members. My client base is varied though my specialised areas are relationships, sexual abuse/violence, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and addiction.
Life’s challenges can leave you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you. My role is to walk alongside you, offering genuine warmth, care, and compassion while creating a space where you feel accepted, understood and supported. Together we’ll explore what’s going on beneath the surface, helping you reconnect with yourself and make lasting changes that bring clarity, strength, and a renewed sense of who you are. Nothing is too much here.
In my sexual abuse work, I support survivors and non‑abusing parents and loved ones who are dealing with the impact of sexual abuse within the family — the shock, blame, guilt, grief, confusion, and the constant sense of being “on alert”.
I also work with people affected by addiction, where anxiety, shame, and relational strain often sit alongside the dependency itself. If you’re trying to hold everything together while supporting someone you care about, you don’t have to do that alone.
Sexual Health & STI‑Related Living
Living with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) can bring up deep feelings of shame, fear of judgment, or anxiety around intimacy. Many people carry these worries quietly, feeling isolated or unsure who they can talk to. You are not alone as we explore these feelings with compassion — helping you rebuild confidence, reconnect with your body, and move toward a steadier sense of self‑worth.
Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence
Experiences of sexual abuse or violence can affect not only the survivor but the people around them. You may be:
• a parent trying to support your child while managing your own fear, grief or guilt
• a partner feeling confused, helpless or unsure how to respond
• a family member struggling with anxiety, hyper‑vigilance or emotional overwhelm
The impact can show up in many ways: anxiety, numbness, shame, people‑pleasing, hyper‑independence, or coping patterns that once helped you survive but now feel out of balance. We move gently and at your pace, exploring the emotional and how you relate effects of trauma.
Addiction & Dependency Support
Trauma and dependency often sit side by side. What begins as something enjoyable or soothing can gradually shift into a pattern that feels in control of you — or of someone you love.
I support:
Individuals — exploring the roots of dependency, developing healthier coping strategies, and working with relapse prevention or reduction management.
Loved Ones — helping partners, parents and family members understand the dynamics of addiction, manage anxiety, and set healthy boundaries without losing themselves.
Couples — understanding how addiction acts like a third presence in the relationship, shaping communication and connection. Together, we work toward clarity, honesty and change.
Couples & Close Relationships Counselling
Relationships are complex, and when communication breaks down — whether through distance, conflict, betrayal or an affair — the effects can be subtle but deeply felt. As a trained relationships therapist, I help you understand the unconscious dynamics influencing how you relate. Whether you’re navigating the impact of an affair, rebuilding trust, repairing a family relationship, or seeking clarity about your future together, I offer a space for honest exploration and meaningful change.
Separation Counselling
Ending a relationship can stir up grief, confusion and practical challenges. I provide a safe, non‑judgmental space to explore these experiences with care and respect, supporting you as you move forward with clarity and confidence.
Working Together
Our work is guided by you — where you are now and what you need most. My aim is to offer a space where you feel safe enough to explore, discover and grow at your own pace. If you’d like to explore whether we’re a good fit, I offer a free 20‑minute consultation via Teams or WhatsApp .
Training, qualifications & experience
Alongside my private practice I work with a charity supporting clients whose lives have been affected directly or indirectly by sexual abuse or sexual violence. The work is delicate as clients explore their new world and the myriad of emotions and challenges that it brings.
Extensive experience of counselling clients who have addiction/dependency issues. I work at the client's pace as they explore their life's journey whilst developing, reinforcing healthy coping mechanisms.
Having been a project manager, I have experience of maintaining a calm environment where I make sure all voices are heard. This skill is proving effective in my work with couples.
Below are my qualifications
CPCAB/COSRT Level 5 Diploma in Couples and Relationship Counselling
Putting Polyvagel Theory into Practice
CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
CPCAB Level 1 Certificate in Introduction to Counselling Skills
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£50.00 - £75.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£50.00 per individual session (online or F2F). Face to face sessions are carried out in Bickley. A few minutes walk from 208 bus stop, free parking and ground floor room.
£75.00 per couples session.
Concessions are available
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Further information
My therapy room is on the ground floor, easy free parking outside and a few minutes walk from a 208 bus stop. My cockerpoo always says hello before settling down for a snooze by my feet.
