Aly Allen

Most people don’t start therapy because life is going well. They come when something feels stuck, broken, overwhelming, or uncertain—in their relationships, their identity, their faith, or their sense of direction. If that’s where you find yourself, you’re not alone.

My path to becoming a therapist began on the other side of the couch, in a season of life that felt unsustainable and hopeless. That experience shapes how I show up with clients today, with deep respect for your story and a steady belief in your capacity to heal and grow.I know what it takes to schedule that first appointment, to say things out loud you’ve carried for years, and to begin imagining that change might actually be possible. I know that this might be one of the most courageous steps you ever take, and I hold it with great reverence.

Much of my work centers on supporting women who are rebuilding their lives and sense of self in the wake of emotionally destructive relationships. Leaving or redefining a harmful relationship can feel disorienting, lonely, and overwhelming. Therapy can be a place to reclaim your voice, learn to trust yourself, plant your feet back in reality, and begin again with greater clarity and strength.

I also work with folks navigating major life transitions: starting college, becoming a parent, going through divorce, launching children into adulthood, or stepping into a new season of identity. These transitions often bring both possibility and grief, and together we make space for both. This includes the quieter transitions too, like reproductive loss or infertility, which often don’t get the space to be grieved openly.

Another area I care deeply about is working with people who are reexamining their faith. Questioning long-held beliefs can feel isolating and destabilizing, especially when relationships, identity, and community are intertwined with those beliefs. Therapy can offer a grounded, nonjudgmental space to explore what still fits, what no longer does, and what you want to carry forward. This work is sometimes described as religious trauma recovery or faith deconstruction, and it’s a space I hold without judgment, wherever you land.  

In our work together, my goal is to help you slow down enough to understand what’s happening below the surface: the patterns, wounds, fears, and hopes shaping how you relate to yourself and others. Therapy isn’t about fixing you, it’s about helping you reconnect with your own wisdom to create a life that feels more aligned with who you are.

Whatever brings you in, my hope is that you leave our first session with a sense that you are not alone, your story is not too much, and you are worthy of the healing you seek. To paraphrase the words of Glennon Doyle, life is hard because it’s hard, not because you’re doing it wrong. It would be an honor to walk alongside you as you find your way forward.