Alison Marrelli

Alison Marrelli is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing grief, loss, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can take to build confidence, manage stress, and find steady ground after difficult events. Alison speaks plainly and aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.

Alison believes each person is the expert on their own story and brings out strengths already present. She uses straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people cope with compassion fatigue, anxiety, depression, and adjustment challenges. Sessions often focus on clear goals, small steps, and skills that can be practiced between meetings.

With 12 years of clinical experience as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - in Utah, Alison has worked across a range of concerns from relationship and intimacy issues to caregiving stress and chronic illness. Her background includes helping people with attention challenges, body image, eating and sleeping difficulties, and career or parenting stress.

People who choose her work with someone who values honesty and collaboration. Alison aims to create a calm space to talk through painful feelings, name priorities, and try strategies that fit daily life. She supports clients dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, blended family dynamics, and the stresses that come with aging and serious illness.

Taking the first step can feel hard, but Alison guides each person toward clearer next steps. She helps break big problems into smaller, doable actions so progress becomes visible and steady.

Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options

Alison uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and problem solving. She emphasizes approaches that teach coping skills for anxiety, stress, and grief so people can try practical tools between sessions. These techniques often include goal-focused work that breaks larger problems into clear steps to build confidence and momentum.

She also draws on strategies aimed at improving mood and daily functioning when depression or chronic stress are present. These methods help people notice patterns in thoughts and actions, try small experiments, and shift routines that contribute to better sleep, eating, and energy levels.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alison works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they test methods and adjust the plan based on what helps in everyday life.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make regular appointments easier to fit into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to maintain continuity of care during life transitions and when managing caregiving or health-related demands.