Allison Petty, LPCC

Allison Petty is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 10 years of clinical experience and a background in art-focused therapeutic work. She completed undergraduate studies at Kent State University and earned a Master of Arts from Ursuline College with a concentration in Art Therapy and Counseling, bringing creativity and personal expression into her clinical approach.

Allison integrates artistic and expressive methods with evidence-informed techniques to create individualized treatment plans. She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic ideas, client-focused work, and solution-focused techniques to tailor interventions that fit each person’s needs and preferences.

Her counseling style is warm, collaborative, and resource-oriented; she frequently shares tools and practical techniques clients can use between sessions. Allison has experience across a wide range of service settings, including shelters, community outpatient programs, private practice, hospital outpatient and inpatient units, as well as jails and prisons.

She has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, psychosis, trauma and abuse, relationship challenges, LGBTQIA+ concerns, substance use and addiction, hoarding, financial stress, and issues related to incarceration and reintegration. Allison emphasizes an open, honest, and non-judgmental stance, treating each person as the expert on their own life while offering support, comfort, and practical strategies to improve outcomes.

Allison looks forward to supporting prospective clients in exploring creative, personalized paths toward their goals.