Allie Shivener (she/her)

I help clients become more attuned with their emotions, hunger cues, and learn the difference between emotional hunger and physical hunger to address emotional eating.

I have worked extensively with adolescents and young adults who were adopted and/or involved in foster care work through issues related to identity, grief, attachment, forgiveness, self-worth, and bonding with their adopted families.

Years of my background include working in residential counseling with you women aged 13-25 to help them with peer relationships, identity, boundaries with social media, dating relationships, mother-daughter issues, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

I’m using AEDP, I utilize the therapeutic relationship to help clients create a safe environment to experience their emotions fully to reduce suffering.

I use ACT Therapy to help clients create a healthier relationship with their thoughts and emotions to change what they can and still work towards their goals and values.

I help my clients recognize patterns of low self-esteem and change their inner self-talk, learn self-compassion, and improve their relationship with themselves.

I help clients understand anxious thought patterns and how we can get "stuck" in our anxious thought spirals. Then, I help my clients break those thought spirals so that they can be more in tune with what really matters!